2015 Nba Draft Discussion: Russell, Nance Jr., Brown

I'd trade #27 if Anderson and RHJ are both off the boards.

BTW maybe I missed it, but have we brought in guys like WCS, S.Johnson, Winslow, and Hezonja for workouts, in case we trade down from #2?

 

Nope, unless they were done in secret/private. Worked out Mudiay/Russell/Okafor, then a ton of late 1st/early 2nd round guys. Doing 2nd workouts from here on out, although it's still possible some of those guys get brought in this week.

 

Am surprised no WCS.

 

Take my boy, Jah and I will give you a break on Green, he wants to be with here with Jah who wants to be here.

 

I think last time someone used those 3 words in a post around here they got mocked.

 

Me too, Mitch initially said he wanted to bring in 6-8 people to look at for the 2nd pick. He has looked at 4- Russell, Mudiay, Okafor, Porzingis. No Towns, WCS, Hezonja (still playing in Europe), Winslow. It's always possible those players felt like they would be wasting their time because they aren't realistic options for the 2nd pick.

Also somewhat surprised that they haven't looked at Stanley Johnson, Myles Turner, Kaminsky, etc but did bring in Payne. I would think if someone in the late lottery made an offer they can't refuse to swap picks they would need to know as much as they could about those players. That said, Lakers have worked out a TON of players this year, just the vast majority of them are 2nd rounders at best.

 

Is there a list somewhere of all the guys we've worked out?

 

The work load "downside" for the staff when you have draft picks. No wonder they always traded them.

 

Wow!! Athleticism, strength, NBA body, reputed DEFENSE and a SWEET shooter's stroke like that .... sign me up. Not possible though, is it?

 

Figured this might be the case, but still, Wolves did get a formal, sit-down interview.

 

His shot chart was ridiculous. We need shooters. I'd take a chance with the 34th pick.

 

@Weezy not worried. It's almost impossible to f*** up here unless we get cute and over think it. The gap between the bigs and everyone else has always been large. But just like the negative buzz around Jah...that's not sexy and doesn't warrant clicks. And I think we know more about Okafor than anyone else in consideration for the pick. Mitch said we saw him a total of like 16 times last year. Then we had him in for two workouts. If that doesn't give you a feel for a guy...I don't know what will. I'd say the next guy we know the most about is Mudiay because of the two workouts and the continual dialog with Larry Brown about the kid.

@unpossibl1 I think the Payne workout had everything to do with Jimmy Butler and little to do with Payne. That's not to say we don't like him, I like his game, and maybe we want a file on him for down the road. But I don't think he was ever in play to be a Laker this year based on us bringing in no one else in that range.

@therealdeal I want to say the number is 76 prospects that have been brought in. Impressive.