What would you do with the No. 1 Pick?

LakerFan1977

With the likelihood of probably keeping our Top 3 Pick what would you do if you could play GM?
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Mini Mamba · Star Player Joined: 06 May 2013 Posts: 6006

Trade it straightup for PG13.

fansincemagic · Franchise Player Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 10500

As much as I'm a Dlo fan (OSU and LAL) I'd take Fultz and deal Russell in a PG13 deal or keep him and sign George the next year. Fultz looks like the real deal. I'd be open to a trade but I'm not sure they'll get the value vs just keeping him.

yinoma2001 · Retired Number Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 117461

Draft fultz.

I gather bird wants Ingram over Dlo. So be it.

Fultz
Dlo
Pg13.
Let's go.
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CandyCanes · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 6:45 pm Post subject:

Draft Fultz, keep him, move Russell to SG, use the season as a development season, and sign Paul George in the 2018 offseason.
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LakerLogic · Franchise Player Joined: 27 Mar 2005 Posts: 17884

Draft Fultz. If Ingram makes the next step, I wait it out and sign PG13 in the off-season.

cusu32000 · Starting Rotation Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 576

Draft the best player available. Likely to be a PG.

I'd then see what a DLo + Randle package can bring back in terms of a veteran player.

I absolutely wouldn't trade the #1 pick for PG13 and I wouldn't offer much more than DLo + Randle and the Houston pick for him via trade. I'd focus more on building the roster from the ground up to entice PG13 to come via free agency.

There is no chance the Lakers compete for anything more than a playoff spot or 1 series win, at best, next season with or without PG13. No need to sacrifice assets by rushing things when he wants to be in LA as a free agent anyway.

I'd only trade the #1 overall pick for a current 1st team All NBA player, KAT, AD, or the Greek Freak.

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MJST · Franchise Player Joined: 06 Jul 2014 Posts: 23152

Draft whomever impressed us the most at workouts between Ball and Fultz.

Continue our progress. Go after Paul George in free agency, and not lose anyone.

Have George mentor Ingram (keep in mind, Ingram would be 20 while George would be 27-28, by the time George was 31, Ingram would be 23 and ready to start coming into his own, and after years developing and being mentored by George, it would be the time)

Dunno why we couldn't just go about it that way.

The age of our team 5 years from now (when George would be 31)

D'Angelo Russell, 26
Markelle Fultz / Lonzo Ball 24
Brandon Ingram 24
Julius Randle 27
Ivica Zubac 24

Our core all around would still be younger than anyone on Golden State NOW...

So why not go about it that way?

danzag · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 6:57 pm Post subject:

Inspector Gadget · Retired Number Joined: 18 Apr 2016 Posts: 42809

We need vet stars who can make impact.

saetarubia · Star Player Joined: 06 Jul 2014 Posts: 5630

I guess they'd draft BPA. Keep all the youngsters for an year. Probably try to sign RW and PG13 as FAs and trade for Butler using assets. Might have to give up a piece to dump Deng. Build with those 3 and whoever is left.
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KeepItRealOrElse · Retired Number Joined: 11 Oct 2012 Posts: 32767

How about trading it for a different star, and that would for sure entice George to come in Free Agency

LakerFan1977 · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 8:27 pm Post subject:

LakerFan1977 · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 8:52 pm Post subject:

If Ball is available I think the Lakers might draft him, he seems to be a possible guy that they will say is the next PG to make your team instantly better in their first year, like some one out of Michigan State
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Mike@LG · Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 8:29 am Post subject:

Fultz
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LakerFan1977 · Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 11:04 am Post subject:

Hopefully picking up Lonzo Ball we can move Russell to shooting guard, and see about getting Paul George, I think that if George tells Indiana, I wont resign and I want to play for LA, if you don't comply I walk and you get nothing, can you dream of this lineup?

PG Ball 6'6
SG Russell 6'5
SF George 6'9
PF Randle 6'10
C Mozgov 7'1

Lonzo Ball stats

2014: As a junior in 2014–15, he averaged 25 points, 11 rebounds, 9.1 assists, 5 blocks and 5 steals
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Mike@LG · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2017 7:56 pm Post subject:

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LA_Lakers_Rule · Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 6:04 pm Post subject:

You should always draft best player available, you always have the option to trade later and by following this practice you've got the best player to trade or if the pick crowds a position you can always trade away the extra depth that the pick caused.

Anyway you look at it, "best players" makes sense and was in general always the position that Jerry West and Mitch both held....
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