It’s 12:00 a.m. The minute hand is inching closer and closer to 12:01. Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak sits alone in his office, his eyes never breaking from the ticking on the wall. Three. Two. One. 12:01. “Get me Mozgov,” yells Kupchak. In the other room, a lone quiet voice responds: “The fuck?”

As soon as the league year was official early this morning, the Lakers almost immediately offered Timofey Mozgov a 4-year/$65 million contract. On HoopsHype’s list of the top FA centers, Mozgov was 12th. That’s the first guy they called. Lakers fans, predictably, were confused:

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It’s so beautiful, and I will enjoy this for every second until Bryan Colangelo screws up colossally. Live in the schadenfreude, people.