Lakers Drafted 13 Players in Past 5 Years (Only 1 Extension Given)
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:53 am    Post subject: Lakers Drafted 13 Players in Past 5 Years (Only 1 Extension Given)

Lakers drafted 13 players since 2014.

-Julius Randle
-Jordan Clarkson
-D’Angelo Russell
-Larry Nance Jr.
-Anthony Brown
-Brandon Ingram
-Ivica Zubac
-Lonzo Ball
-Kyle Kuzma
-Josh Hart
-Moe Wagner
-Svi Mykhailiuk
-Isaac Bonga

Pretty staggering that out of all of them:

1. only JC got an extension (nearly 50m over 4 years).
2. Kuz likely only one who will stay (Bonga/Wags possibly gone).

If this was our Process, the turnover is staggering.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:56 am    Post subject:

Yeah. Not a good strategy.

Can’t acquire all your players via FA.

Theres also zero sense of loyalty, which could come back to haunt us too.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:56 am    Post subject:

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:57 am    Post subject:

That is wild wacky stuff.. I did not know that.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:57 am    Post subject:

It would be so poetic if DLO comes back though with Jules.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:58 am    Post subject:

Do it Mitch! wrote:
That is wild wacky stuff.. I did not know that.


Clarkson can ride high knowing he was the only one paid by the Lakers out of all this.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:58 am    Post subject:

I thought we would finally learn to be patient and build through the draft. Then LeGroin...
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:00 pm    Post subject:

SDLakersFan wrote:
I thought we would finally learn to be patient and build through the draft. Then LeGroin...


Would you honestly be upset if at the end of the rainbow, you have LBJ/AD/KL though?
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:02 pm    Post subject:

Best part of our organization is the scouting department yet here we sit.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:04 pm    Post subject:

OCWA wrote:
Best part of our organization is the scouting department yet here we sit.


It's gotta be frustrating amassing all these players from a scouting department point of view only to see them traded away year after year.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:06 pm    Post subject:

I'm not defending the FO at all. But, 3 or 4 of these were really throw away picks (Brown, Svi, Bonga and Wagner). Yes, realistically the jury is still out on Svi, Bonga and Wagner. But, none have shown much, if anything at all. I think those are fair to acknowledge. All the rest of these players showed clear flashes early on that they were at least reasonably solid picks at a minimum.

And then 3 of the best are being used to fetch a legit elite star.

There's no defending the squandering of JR. Should have at least gotten something back for him even if he wasn't in their plans. The DLo debate isn't anything I need to add to.

Overall, it's sobering to realize the impact that the Magic & Rob era had on our young assets.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:07 pm    Post subject:

Building through the draft is extremely difficult. So many treadmill teams like Phoenix and Sacramento. The point of drafting in the lottery is to acquire a HOF talent to build around. No HOF player in that group, only complementary players.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:08 pm    Post subject:

DLO already made an all star game.

I think Lonzo may make some too.

Not sure if BI will be a perennial all star, could.

Jules, doubtful though he could make a few probably.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:09 pm    Post subject:

And now DLO is up for an extension. People balking at 20m+ a year for him.

BI up the next year, is he really worth 28-29m/year?

It becomes tougher when a YUTE is up for an extension. Lakers clearly seem to not believe they were worth keeping, and it's insulting and hilarious that only JC was thought worthy of keeping (at the time).
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:13 pm    Post subject:

IMO holding onto players who have not played to expectations and signing to inflated 2nd contracts is just as bad as mindlessly getting rid of them.
A smart team in the rebuild process should be making shrewd moves on their young prospects and try to sell high on the ones who dont appear on the trajectory you want.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:15 pm    Post subject:

What would people pay for these players this summer if they were RFAs?

DLO
Jules
Lonzo
BI
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:16 pm    Post subject:

1999-2000 Lakers (1st of 3peat)

Top 9 players by minutes

Shaq (free agent), Kobe (trade), Rice (trade), Harper (free agent), Green (trade), Fisher (draft), Horry (trade), Lue (draft), Fox (free agent)
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:18 pm    Post subject:

yinoma2001 wrote:
SDLakersFan wrote:
I thought we would finally learn to be patient and build through the draft. Then LeGroin...


Would you honestly be upset if at the end of the rainbow, you have LBJ/AD/KL though?


If we end up with LBJ/AD/KL, I would be very happy. I'll be borderline upset if it's LBJ/AD + etc.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:19 pm    Post subject:

Staccatos wrote:
1999-2000 Lakers (1st of 3peat)

Top 9 players by minutes

Shaq (free agent), Kobe (trade), Rice (trade), Harper (free agent), Green (trade), Fisher (draft), Horry (trade), Lue (draft), Fox (free agent)


Yeah. I know Kobe was technically a trade, but he grew up right in front of our eyes. Fans wanted to believe we'd get an all time HOF level player with our draft picks, but I don't see any of them with HOF level talent. Not sure about all-NBA talent either. I do think Lonzo/BI can make all-defense, DLO already has made an all star game. I also think Lonzo/BI may sneak onto a few all star teams, but not be surefire ones.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:19 pm    Post subject:

Staccatos wrote:
1999-2000 Lakers (1st of 3peat)

Top 9 players by minutes

Shaq (free agent), Kobe (trade), Rice (trade), Harper (free agent), Green (trade), Fisher (draft), Horry (trade), Lue (draft), Fox (free agent)


I was going to post something similar. And Mitch handed out draft picks like they were candy.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:21 pm    Post subject:

yinoma2001 wrote:
SDLakersFan wrote:
I thought we would finally learn to be patient and build through the draft. Then LeGroin...


Would you honestly be upset if at the end of the rainbow, you have LBJ/AD/KL though?


If we are in the lottery again, yes.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:21 pm    Post subject:

yinoma2001 wrote:
And now DLO is up for an extension. People balking at 20m+ a year for him.

BI up the next year, is he really worth 28-29m/year?

It becomes tougher when a YUTE is up for an extension. Lakers clearly seem to not believe they were worth keeping, and it's insulting and hilarious that only JC was thought worthy of keeping (at the time).


That JC deal was low key another notable failure of the Jim/Mitch regime. It's in hindsight, of course, but kind of ridiculous that they signed him to that deal in the same summer as MozDeng when they knew (at the time, pre-Maginka) that extensions were on the horizon for Dlo, Jules, etc.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:21 pm    Post subject:

yinoma2001 wrote:
DLO already made an all star game.

I think Lonzo may make some too.

Not sure if BI will be a perennial all star, could.

Jules, doubtful though he could make a few probably.


Zo has a serious uphill battle to make the Allstar game IMO. West will for the next 3-4 years: Curry, Lillard, Harden, Klay, Fox, Doncic, CJ, Mitchell. And if Kyrie comes this way, add him in there.

Julius could make it in the east and BI I'm just not sure.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:21 pm    Post subject:

The Lakers may have trouble scheduling workouts for elite prospects should they find themselves in position to draft one again.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:21 pm    Post subject:

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yinoma2001 wrote:
SDLakersFan wrote:
I thought we would finally learn to be patient and build through the draft. Then LeGroin...


Would you honestly be upset if at the end of the rainbow, you have LBJ/AD/KL though?


If we end up with LBJ/AD/KL, I would be very happy. I'll be borderline upset if it's LBJ/AD + etc.


I'm not sure I can be upset with LBJ/AD either though. But to each their own.
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