“We have three picks, and if we bring back the players we want to we’ll have at least 13 players on our roster. It stands to reason that we’d look to either move a pick, trade a pick, exchange picks for future picks or pick a player and look for them to play overseas for […]
Draft
Length: An Organizational Philosophy
“The 6’8″ Jackson’s wingspan was so prodigious that Bill Fitch (Jackson’s coach at the University of North Dakota) would often have him show off to NBA scouts with something called “The Car Trick,” in which Jackson would sit in middle of the back seat of a 1950s Buick and open both doors simultaneously.” -Phil Jackson’s […]
Draft Night 2007
UPDATE: The Lakers first pick is Jarvis Crittenton, a 6-4 PG out of Georgia Tech. The upside is he can defend and is long, very athletic and the pick gives the Lakers two young PGs to develop. There are questions about his decision-making and if he can shoot consistently, and one blogger I really trust […]
Sam Bowie and the 1984 draft: A Cautionary Tale
“You can’t pass up a great player at the big position for a great player at a another position…history bears this out.†-Bill Fitch On the eve of the 2007 draft the Portland Trailblazers are caught, once again. Select the anchor in the middle, the man who has the back to the basket game that […]
The Draft and The Police
I did two things of note this weekend — went and saw The Police at Dodger Stadium, on Sunday watched NBA TV reshowing some NBA draft coverage from the 1980s. So, what follows are some draft and Lakers thoughts, with a Police theme. Because I can. Walking on the moon. The dream part of the […]
KG and other Fast Break Thoughts
Do you think the guys at Getgarnett.com are happy today? • There appears to be at least a little fire with the smoke of a Kevin Garnett to Boston rumor. Nobody is covering this like the always-good Jeff at Celtics Blog. Mitch Kupchak needs to be calling McHale, at least putting offers in the mix, […]
With the 19th pick……
With the 19th pick in the SB Nation (and friends) NBA Mock Draft, the Los Angeles Lakers select Rodney Stuckey, guard from Eastern Washington University. After considerable effort to make a trade that might mollify a certain cranky superstar, none of which came to fruition, we had to make the pick and went with the […]
Draft Help and other thoughts
Just over two weeks to go to the NBA draft, and because we bloggers tend to think we’re so damn smart, there are a few mock drafts coming out with bloggers serving as GM their respective teams. And I’m taking part in one (put on largely by the quality bloggers at Sports Blog Nation) representing […]
Drafting 19th
For those of you wondering what kind of player you can get drafting 19th — where the Lakers sit this year — here is the list of 19th selections going back to 1990: Quincy Douby, Sacramento Hakim Warrick, Memphis Dorell Wright, Miami Aleksandar Pavlovic, Utah Ryan Humphrey, Utah Zach Randolph, Portland Jamaal Magloire, Charlotte Quincy […]
First Draft Thought
Since last night’s game is not worth discussing on any level, and others already are doing a great job finding the video evidence to question the Kobe suspension, I figured this was a good time to look ahead a little and see who the people who follow this stuff have the Lakers taking in the […]