Walker Kessler's rich new contract with the Los Angeles Lakers has been the subject of plenty of critique. The centers who are making more annual average salary on their current deals all have a clear commonality: they have been All-Stars. The bar here is clear: the Lakers are expecting Kessler to give deliver play that is akin to an All-Star next season, and over the duration of the contract as a whole. The Lakers paid Kessler like the third star of this team. Having Doncic to set him up should give the new starting center in Los Angeles every opportunity to look like just that.