Draft Thread 2018: LA Has The #25 & #47 Overall Picks... And #39 Now

I think it'd be a mistake for him to do any work outs. He's not a super athlete and his game is best on the floor in a team situation so doing individual workouts would just make him look worse.

Even if Phoenix doesn't get the 1st, it definitely looks like they're angling for Doncic. Doncic is a classic example of the type of player we like right now actually: not flashy athletic, but just a good player. I still have him distinctly behind Ayton on my draft board. You don't pass on a big with Ayton's tools.

 

Suns signing Kokoskov and drafting Doncic....

I remember Booker saying that he was done going fishing in April....if he is true to his words, a trade request has to be in the plans at some point this season.

 

I thought so too, but he was actually born in Boston

 

Haven't watched anything on any of these guys.

Quick run down:


Barefield played with Kuzma at Utah. He spent a year at SMU and transferred to Utah for two more seasons. He finally got some starts this year. Averaged 12/2/2.5 on the year.



Hayden Dalton is a sweet shooting forward out of Wyoming (Nance's alma mater). Looks like he's got some moxie. Decent athlete.



Marcus Foster is a guard for Creighton. He was dismissed from Kansas State after his sophomore season after he fell in with a bad crowd. He rebuilt his image at Creighton. Here's a good article on him, very open: https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...ton-helped-marcus-foster-reclaim-his-passion/

Factoid: he is a huge Laker fan (and Kobe fan).



Deng Adel is an athletic wing. He shot 34.8% from downtown in his three year college career.



Anas Mahmoud played all four years at Louisville and is listed as a 7 foot Forward out of Cairo, Egypt.

 

Rob Gray is a 6'2" junior PG out of Houston. He's a streaky shooter, a pretty flashy kid, and a gamer. He's a Josh Hart-ish athlete: not the greatest athlete, but has good body control and strength.



Caleb Martin is a 6'7" wing that played two years for North Carolina State before heading to Nevada. He's a pretty good athlete and turned himself into a good shooter.



Jalen Hudson is a 6'5" forward out of Florida by way of Virgina Tech. He turned himself into a shooter very similar to Caleb Martin. Pretty good athlete.



Udoka Azubuike is a big ol' 7 foot sophomore out of Kansas. He's not a great athlete, but not ground bound either. He's built large and has solid footwork and body positioning. He shot a crazy 77% from the field, but that's because all of his shots are at the rim. He has no evidence of a shot at all. Shows some promise as a rim protector.



Keita Bates-Diop is by far the best prospect of the group and the only one that's likely to be looked at with our 1st round pick. He's a 6'7" senior out of Ohio State who lead that team to the NCAA tourney. He took a giant leap in production going from 10ish points a game his three previous years to nearly 20 points a game. He turned himself into a good shooter too.

 

More Summer League ball for us is always something to look forward to.

 

Also later in this tweet thread Bill says that Luke has a beard, NEED PICS ASAP.

 

Some Videos and Interviews inside

 

Thanks for posting this.

Every interview said the same thing: first thing is defense brought up from coaches. Caleb Martin said the Lakers presented defense as the way to separate yourself out because everyone can score a little bit. I like that.

All of these kids came off well in interviews. They all seemed intelligent and knowledgeable about not just the game, but what the Lakers were/are looking for. Good insight.