My draft day piece on what it took for the Lakers to get to where they are now. It's been a long, dark road but the sun is rising over the horizon. I'm posting the whole thing here because it's draft day, so take a break from all the rumor madness and appreciate the journey for a moment.
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The draft is upon us and Los Angeles Lakers fans are giddy about the possibility of landing a new franchise cornerstone with the second overall pick. Some prefer Jahlil Okafor, the talented big man out of Duke, while others prefer D'Angelo Russell, a sweet shooting and slick passing guard out of Ohio State who fits the modern NBA perfectly. Still others hope to see the pick...
Wrote up this list of the top-5 FA point guards the Lakers could target...it's slim pickings. Reader beware, it gets ugly.
While most eyes in Los Angeles are firmly fixed on the draft, what Mitch Kupchak does on Thursday will be just one piece to the puzzle that is the Los Angeles Lakers '15-16 roster. It's going to take a combination of the draft, trades, and free agent signings in order to put together the lineup that will grace the Staples Center floor next season.
The draft offers promise, and trades offer plenty of room for analysis, but the majority of the roster will likely come via free agency. The Lakers have a number of holes to fill, and the point guard position is certainly be one of them. There are two schools of thought on adding a point guard to the Lakers lineup:
A. Find a player who can backup rookie sensation Jordan Clarkson. Ideally this player wouldn't break the bank and would provide a steady, veteran presence for the second unit.
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