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Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

NBA Draft Preview with Mike Garcia: Can the Lakers Find a Rotation Player at #17?

Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The Lakers are in a unique situation when it comes to Thursday's NBA Draft. First, they have a first round pick, and seem inclined to actually use it, rather than automatically defaulting to sending the selection away in favor of a more established player. And given the amount of turnover teams face now across the league, sentiment around picking the best player available tends to trump picking for need. Then again, for the Lakers, who are on an accelerated timeline thanks to the arc's of LeBron James and Anthony Davis, they need a guy who can fit in with that core, and ideally could do it quickly. So are there any players who could step into a rotation next season that will be waiting at the back end of the draft? What exactly goes into that type of selection? What skills translate quickly to fill a niche at the NBA level, when a player isn't going to step into a starring or big scoring role? We ask those questions and more to NBA Draft expert Mike Garcia (@canyondriver) who specializes in the Lakers on his Substack. Who does Mike like at #17? Could Jett Howard be a good choice? What about Trayce Jackson-Davis? Why is he so high on Sidy Cissoko? Who does he want in the second round? We discuss why the Lakers tend to find good players later in the Draft, whether it makes more sense, given their timeline, to try and trade down, stay where they are or just trade the pick for a veteran altogether. He believes there will be plenty of talent available to the Lakers, with potential first round talent reaching well into the second. Get prepared for everything the Lakers might do! HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: The Draft is Thursday. What kind of depth does this group have? What's available at #17? Does need and fit right now trump the whole "best available" formula? SEGMENT 2: Who should the Lakers target if they keep the 17th pick? Who fits well with LeBron James and Anthony Davis? SEGMENT 3: Who could the Lakers target in the second round? Why do they tend to do well there, when other teams struggle? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Birddogs Go to birddogs.com/lockedonnba and when you enter promo code, LOCKEDONNBA, they’ll throw in a free custom birddogs Yeti-style tumbler with every order. eBay Motors For parts that fit, head to eBay Motors and look for the green check. Stay in the game with eBay Guaranteed Fit. eBay Motors dot com. Let’s ride. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply. Gametime Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNBA for $20 off your first purchase. Last minute tickets. Lowest Price. Guaranteed. Ibotta Right now, Ibotta is offering our listeners $5 just for trying Ibotta by using the code Locked when you register. Just go to the App Store or Google Play store and download the FREE Ibotta app and use code Locked. PrizePicks First time users can receive a 100% instant deposit match up to $100 with promo code LOCKEDON. That’s PrizePicks.com – promo code; LOCKEDON BetterHelp This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at Betterhelp.com/LockedOnNBA and get 10% off your first month. FanDuel Make Every Moment More. Don’t miss the chance to get your No Sweat First Bet up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS in Bonus Bets when you go FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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It's the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day.

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Hey everyone, welcome to Lockdown Lakers for Wednesday, Brian Kiminetski, Andy Kiminetski.

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The NBA draft is tomorrow.

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Who are the Lakers going to take in the first round?

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Who should they take?

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That's next.

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You are Lockdown Lakers.

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We're daily Los Angeles Lakers Podcast, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team

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every day.

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Thanks everybody for making Lockdown Lakers your first listen of every day Monday through

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Friday no matter how or where you get your podcasts.

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It's never going to be behind a paywall Lockdown Lakers on YouTube is where you can go to

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hang out with over 17,000 subscribers to the channel, all of whom Andy are geeked

0:58.1

up for the NBA draft Thursday, that's tomorrow, the Lakers actually have a first round pick

1:04.7

that they might actually use, they have a second round pick, they're known for like this

1:10.4

is actually a draft day that Lakers fans can get excited about rather than just sitting

1:15.3

on the sidelines peering through the window to help us get ready for it.

1:20.4

We have one of the great heavy hitters in draft prep, Mike Garcia, you know him as Canyon

1:26.0

driver on Twitter, he is the author of the Lakers draft scouting substack, which is something

1:31.2

that everybody needs to be reading, everybody needs to be following him, combines great

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draft knowledge with great Lakers knowledge, which makes him a perfect guest for today.

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