In a somewhat surprising move, the Los Angeles Lakers, holders of the #2 pick in next weeks draft, will be giving guard Emmanuel Mudiay a second workout later today according to Bill Oram of the Orange County Register.
Emmanuel Mudiay is getting a second workout with Lakers today.
— Bill Oram (@billoram) June 18, 2015
It’s been widely assumed that the Lakers will just draft whoever of the Karl-Anthony Towns/Jahlil Okafor duo the Minnesota Timberwolves don’t take at #1, but bringin Mudiay in for another workout could signal that the Lakers may actually be considering taking a guard with their pick.
This could be something, or it could be nothing more than due diligence. My gut tells me the Lakers are doing everything they can to make Mudiay, D’Angelo Russell and Okafor look as appealing as possible in hopes of the T’Wolves letting Towns slip to them at 2.
We’ll know for sure a week from today when the NBA Draft takes place.