what up with next year's draft?

Fan0Bynum17 · Franchise Player Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 15436

if the lakers make the playoffs don't they lose their first round pick?

if the lakers have their first round pick next year, who do you think is a good and realistic pick for them?

VonWafer&KobeBryantFa · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:57 pm Post subject:

No they don't lose it. Everyone has one just later in the draft.

Great One · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:59 pm Post subject:

trade odom for a low pick and pick up oden
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magic_bryant · Franchise Player Joined: 16 Oct 2002 Posts: 18179

Lakers lose their pick if it's outisde of the Top 10 picks. Most likely to occur. They do, however, have Miami's 1st rounder (23-26 range) and our own 2nd rounder.
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bounty · Star Player Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 3946

the sick thing is that we may be in the top 10
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uberzev · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:19 pm Post subject:

ocho · Retired Number Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 53835

next year's draft is the best draft to have a lousy pick. the draft pool is terrible.
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Devils05 · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:21 pm Post subject:

Vlade · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:05 pm Post subject:

ocho · Retired Number Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 53835

Vlade · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:29 pm Post subject:

LAL25 · Starting Rotation Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 885

Da Ocho is right, this year's draft is not going to be very good but there will be some nice players to be had in the 2nd round.

samsl · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:57 pm Post subject:

I wouldn't mind a first round pick of Mardy Collins, Hilton Armstrong, Marcus Williams or maybe one of the 'Nova tweener guards, and a second round pick of Dee Brown, JP Batista or Torin Francis, depending on who the first round went to.

With Laron coming back and the improved post presence of Kwihm, AB, Turiaf and Cook, we'll have a modest amount of talent at all of our role player positions. Given how shallow this draft is and our position in it, it'd be pretty hard to find any significant talent upgrades. This draft will be more about some depth than anything else.

I think we just need some depth at point playing high-energy D with consistent range that can also give Kobe a breather at the 2 (I think Mardy, the Nova guards, Marcus Williams or Dee Brown would be good fits there*). If we could get some a developed big man like Armstrong out of that tremendous UConn big man machine, I'd be pretty stoked about the coming season.

Who knows, if we can make strides this season and next with AB, Kwihm, Lamar, The Smushie and get a quality backup tweener guard (and Cook to become Horry incarnate)...the '07 Plan might just be to pick up two talented contributors rather than one star. David West should show the potential benefit from developing your players, patiently but consistently.

* The devil on my shoulder wants to see what Guillermo Diaz's freakish athleticism can do as a backup guard. The guy is like a 6'2 version of the Matrix.
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angel · Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 4:52 am Post subject:

There won't be any 18 year old H.S. players in this draft. They all have to wait a year. The draft will be thin.
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AirKobe8 · Star Player Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 8586

Man, this next draft is like the worst in 20 years.
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Fan0Bynum17 · Franchise Player Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 15436

angel · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 1:22 pm Post subject:

The reality of the draft is what it is. The Lakers have to deal with it.
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