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Hey, everybody. Welcome to Lockdown Lakers for Tuesday, Brian Kiminetsky, Andy Kiminetsky, lots to get to today. Andy, first want to let people know that NBA draft goat Chad Ford locked on NBA draft host Raphael Barlow and locked on NBA host John Corralis will be live this year covering the NBA draft. It's the locked on NBA draft 2021 brought to you by Bill Barr, get local expert analysis on each pick and follow Lockdown NBA on YouTube today to watch a live coverage on July 29th.

At 7 p.m. As long as 7 p.m. Eastern 4 p.m. Pacific where we are, Andy and as long as we're encouraging people, subscribe to us on YouTube as well. Lockdown Lakers on YouTube. Do that. You should do both, but I'm not going to tell you how to prioritize it. You can just infer whatever you want from my tone, but you definitely do both.

Right. You can do one now. The other one you have to wait until the 29th. Yes. Do the one you can do now. Pat yourself properly. We've been previewing and given some scouting reports on a lot of the guys that have been connected to the Lakers in mock drafts as the draft comes around again on the 29th and we had a really interesting interview today on Chris Duarte, the prospect from Oregon who is 742 years old in basketball years.

He's like actual college senior Andy. I know a real live one of those. I know you're still allowed to do that. I didn't either. So we have our scouting report of him that will bring to you next, but I want to start with the mailbag.

We open up the lock on Lakers mailbag. The people can send us questions at cambrothers on Twitter. You can do it. Caminetski brothers at gmail.com on email or by leaving a five star review on the iTunes page. Just leave a question there and we 100% will answer it for you.

If it comes to that five star review and this was I thought a really interesting one because it sort of frames the entire offseason from Will Powell for do Dennis Schroeder, Montrez Harrell and Kyle Kuzma make it through the offseason and start next season with the Lakers.

It's an interesting question in part because I feel like if the Lakers have entire control over the situation and their full brothers, the answer could be no.

No, the answer is absolutely not.

Yeah, I mean, the Lakers obviously want to try to upgrade as much as possible and Kyle Kuzma would almost unquestionably be a part of any type of deal like that.

If for no other reason than the salary implications, I am starting to get a sense when you hear of these reports about Dennis Schroeder being a sign and trade possibility that that's not entirely about what they could fetch in return for Schroeder.

I'm not sure about the ability to get off Schroeder if possible and not be put in a situation where they have to bring him back, but they're not really pleased at the prospect and Harrell if he is back, that's entirely within his choice, but it's already pretty clear that he's not thrilled with his situation.

And if he ends up opting in, unless it's opting in to get traded and that's something a Lakers worked out, it's largely because he recognizes he's got no better option economically, but boy, is he pissed at the prospect?

Well, I think it's great about this question. It actually relates the answers to these questions have a lot to do with who the Lakers end up drafting on the 29th.

Is it somebody that you need to be able to play to fill a hole that has been left by somebody that they just traded, that left via free agency, whatever it might be?

Coos is actually the guy in there that I'm sure they're fine having back like the least problematic potentially to welcome back, you know, exactly how much is going to make is right at that $13 million figure, which given how he played last year is a perfectly comfortable place for him to be.

You know, he played well defensively. He's grown into a more versatile player. The shooting got better. You know, we'd all love it if Coos was able to like consistently produce 15 to 18 and night.

Doesn't seem like it's going to happen, but it's okay.

If you ask him a little more.

His role being a little more.

I get it. I get it. I get it. But like he's the one talk to the guy in charge, Brian.

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