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With the 17th pick of the 2023 NBA draft, the Los Angeles Lakers selected the point guard

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Now, let's bring in our host of Lockdown Lakers, Brian Kewinetski.

Looking at the Lakers, surprising we're on this postseason in the likelihood that they'll

at least try to bring back the Angelo Russell, what were your thoughts on the team selecting

a point guard at 17?

Yeah, it's really funny because we spent all week trying to figure out what they were

going to do with this pick and, you know, trading out, you know, trading back maybe to try

to pick up a rotation player that, you know, there's our Roy so kneel or Dorian Finney

Smith from Brooklyn, you know, somebody bigger like Buddy Heeled, whatever it might be trading

the pick entirely, all of these scenarios.

And what they ended up doing was just kind of a normal pick a guy that you like kind

of play.

And, you know, there's some concern that the Angelo Russell might not return.

I think he will.

There's some concern Dennis Schroeder might get too big an offer for the Lakers to

be able to compete with.

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