2023 NBA Draft Discussion - Lakers Have Picks #17 and #40

[Gerald3Wallace]

^if it’s one thing I trust within our organization, it’s the scouting department

[ROballer]

Most of these teams but the Lakers especially trust their own private workouts with players over anything else. They want them in with coaches running nba stuff and see how they react to different things. JHS and (Jacquez a pick later) were guys that were reportedly killed their workouts with teams. So it didn’t matter if a guy like Whitmore fell, the Lakers believed this kid was the dude and they stuck with their process and made the pick.

Yeah, that's true. Whitmore probably didn't even work out with most of the teams that passed on him, that's why he probably fell. Since he was touted as a high lottery pick and all.

It's no coincidence that Houston got him eventually, after he was in consideration for as high as #4 according to sources(Hou also had #4). One of the few teams that did work him out.

[Danny Darko]

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[Kilroy]

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Reminds me of lauri markkanen a bit...

[Landsberger]

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good ball handler/passer but those shots near the basket that just get over smaller college players won't work in the Pros and that "jumper" from his waste needs some work too.

For an unrestricted FA he's got some promise but if we're thinking we've duplicated Reaves I'm not seeing is. Hope I'm wrong.