If this is indeed Kobe Bryant’s final season in L.A., then the Lakers will likely use the No. 2 overall selection on a player prepared to play right away.
With NBA experts predicting that both Jahlil Okafor and Karl Towns will politic to avoid the Timberwolves, the New York Post is reporting that the Lakers may not even be eyeing a big man.
There are multiple reports Lakers brass isn’t locked in on either of the draft’s top-2 projected picks, big men Karl-Anthony Towns or Jahlil Okafor. The reports have suggested intrigue in mystery point guard Emmanuel Mudiay, who played his season out of high school in China, and Ohio State point guard D’Angelo Russell.
Can imagine a scenario where the Lakers snag a guard, allowing Phil Jackson to grab one of the two big men he so dearly covets?