Lakers OFF-SEASON IS A WRAP

How Many Regular Season Games Do You Think Kobe Will Play This Year?

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My idea of drafting goes in a few ways.

1. Best Talent
2. Needs
3. Does this player hurt current assets
4. Floor & Ceiling and my opinion on chance of hitting his ceiling
5. Then extra stuff

I have about 5-6 guys ahead of Kristaps.
He doesn't fit needs. Projected as a PF.
He either has his growth stunted by Julius due to not getting enough playing time, or it wastes Julius.

Well if the Lakers have KP as the best talent available when it's their turn to pick, then you agree they should draft him, right?

They're the professional talent evaluators with scouts all over the globe, not us. Who knows what they're thinking. Plus, you factor all the analytics and risk-reward analysis, they very well could think he's the best talent at #2, or its due diligence, we will know in a few weeks
 
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All of these rumors are so annoying :lol I believe Oka will be the pick. I'd be all for Porzingis if LA stayed at 4 or 5.
 
Collin made a valid point this morning on weather or not the lakers should draft a big or a guard due to the Warriors contending for the next couple of Years?? No more post players being used in the finals so should the lakers look more into Russell than Okafor?
 
Why would you pick based on another team? That's pretty silly. It'd be one thing if we were contending and looking for a final piece to contend and need a specific guy that would help us match up. But we're nowhere near that, and picking somebody because of another team at # 2 when you are not anywhere close to that is just weird.
 
Collin made a valid point this morning on weather or not the lakers should draft a big or a guard due to the Warriors contending for the next couple of Years?? No more post players being used in the finals so should the lakers look more into Russell than Okafor?

Nah. Let's not over think this.
 
Collin made a valid point this morning on weather or not the lakers should draft a big or a guard due to the Warriors contending for the next couple of Years?? No more post players being used in the finals so should the lakers look more into Russell than Okafor?
look at the the western conference teams that made the playoffs

rockets - have DH

spurs - a capable Timmy

blazers - LA

Clippers - Blake and DJ

Memphis - Marc Gasol and Z-bo

NO - AD

Mavs - i guess Dirk still counts as a big man, stretch 4 

the warriors were the only team that didnt have a frontcourt player as the first or 2nd option.

now if you look at the east

only 3 maybe 4 teams relied on a frontcourt player as a top option. 

a solid frontcourt player will always be needed to compete in the west and in a championship series

while i dont take anything away from the warriors, the cavs are a depleted team right now and lebron CANT do it by himself
 
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OKC-Ibaka and Kanter will cause problems next year also we need Bigs to compete in the WC 
yup

didnt even mention teams that didnt make the playoffs

boogie will STILL be on SAC

and Towns will be in a Wolves
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Justin Anderson still has several workouts planned, but heard Lakers informed him if he's unlikely still available at 27, they'll draft him.


Trade up you sons of asterisks!
 
^ according to chad ford on max and marcellus, the draft is only 20 players deep and pairing 27 & 34 isn't going to raise us very high
 
^ according to chad ford on max and marcellus, the draft is only 20 players deep and pairing 27 & 34 isn't going to raise us very high

I think it gets us 22 or 23.

The appeal is it gives you 2 shots at trying to hit as opposed to 1.
 
Kristaps at 2 speculation needs to cease. Too much risk and as stated, with the blessing of this pick, not the time or place to Richard around and get cute. I will not chastise jim or mitch if okafor is underwhelming, but if kristaps busts..they may as well go hop on a flight to pluto.
 
Kristaps at 2 speculation needs to cease. Too much risk and as stated, with the blessing of this pick, not the time or place to Richard around and get cute. I will not chastise jim or mitch if okafor is underwhelming, but if kristaps busts..they may as well go hop on a flight to pluto.

For the record I never said we should take him... But I trust that if we did, the FO did their research and are confident in his abilities.


We're most likely gonna select Okafor at 2
 
My only fear is that Towns becomes significantly better than Okafor (in the scenario we select Okafor after Towns goes 1)

Obviously we can only control so much but itd burn being just 1 pick away. 

I hope Okafor just balls out and makes us forget we had to 'settle'
 
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