Lakers Draft Preview: Hidden Gems
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Pete Zayas
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🗓️ 28 July 2021
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In part 2 of their discussion on 2021 NBA draft prospects who could help the Lakers, Pete, Darius, and Mike Garcia take a look at players who might be less ready to contribute next season but who offer real upside or are hidden gems Lakers fans should be aware of. From playmaking guards to lob-catching bigs to 3-and-D wings, the guys go on a deep dive of players who the team could target at pick #22 or could take later in the draft if they trade down.
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| 0:00.0 | What do you think about the Laker team now? |
| 0:03.4 | You follow the box scores of the games every day? |
| 0:06.0 | Just the Lakers. |
| 0:07.3 | You're kidding. |
| 0:08.6 | That is really a compliment. |
| 0:12.8 | I was pleased to see you smile at the top bar show because once the game starts, you have a game face. |
| 0:17.8 | You don't smile much out there. |
| 0:20.4 | I don't think you have to do things for money anymore. Correct. What's up, Laker fans? Welcome to Laker Film Room podcast, brought to by the Blue Wire Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike Garcia. Again, this is part two. If you haven't listened to the previous pod, we're previewing the NBA draft and the last pod was on guys who are most ready to |
| 0:38.2 | contribute. This one is on hidden gems, right? We're going to start at guys available at 22 or |
| 0:44.3 | possibly available at 22. And then in the second part of the pod, we're going to go into Mike's |
| 0:48.7 | specialty, which is nailing second round picks. He's always been great at finding the dudes that can |
| 0:53.6 | contribute in the NBA in the second round, which is definitely a been great at finding the dudes that can contribute in the NBA |
| 0:54.5 | in the second round, which is definitely a possibility. We talked Darius recently about the Lakers |
| 0:59.6 | possibly trading for that third star. And if they do that, a trade down into the second round |
| 1:05.7 | where you get a couple of guys on minimum contracts, always a possibility. So it's important we |
| 1:10.3 | cover the second round. |
| 1:11.4 | And again, Mike is great at that. |
| 1:13.1 | Second round picks as well, like they don't make a lot of money. And if the Lakers are going to |
| 1:17.8 | potentially have to pay a third guy, you can get a dude for their minimum is much lower. |
| 1:24.3 | And trading down and sort of navigating the salary cap landscape is always something |
| 1:29.7 | that's going to be on a general manager's mind. And I'm sure Rob Polinka is going to be managing |
| 1:34.3 | those spreadsheets appropriately. Absolutely. And if in the process of doing that, you can find a |
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