Lakers 2016 NBA draft #2 pick discussion

[MrWaffles]

I don't see us trading the pick unless it's for a superstar. Trading down to land a lower pick and or multiple first round picks won't do us any good.

We will take the best prospect available at #2 and his name is Brandon Ingram. 18 years old, length, skill, shooting, defense. exactly what we need. His size should be no concern. Do you all remember how tiny KD was and pretty much still in?

[Danny Darko]

I don't see us trading the pick unless it's for a superstar. Trading down to land a lower pick and or multiple first round picks won't do us any good.

We will take the best prospect available at #2 and his name is Brandon Ingram. 18 years old, length, skill, shooting, defense. exactly what we need. His size should be no concern. Do you all remember how tiny KD was and pretty much still in?

In fact I am still trying to figure out why I keep hearing he's less of an athlete than KD... I think KD had a quicker first step, but Ingram seems to leap better and absorb contact better without seeing a side by side of athletic measurements.

[Slava]

KD has an amazing burst of speed when he puts the ball on the floor. Ingram in my opinion is a lot like Dirk in selling his jumper to set up his face up game. I like the Dirk comparison more than the KD one.

[Chris4Vikes]

What's amazing about Brown is he hasn't hired an agent so he hasn't been "trained" for interviews like 99% of the other prospects. Very well-spoken and intelligent kid that I really liked at #3, too bad (for him) we have the #2 pick.

Not too bad for him. He will look just fine in green - thank you very much. Then history will judge just how badly you screwed up.

[dockingsched]

That doesn't make much sense. The Sixers for one are having their own workout with Ingram, so why would they care what he did in his Lakers workout? They will evaluate him on their own workout. Secondly, the Sixers are taking Simmons anyway, so this isn't an issue in the first place.

By leaking some of these bad range stories about his workout, lakers are probably trying to instill pre existing beliefs in the sixers front office. This way, when Ingram makes the smallest mistake in his workout with them sixers staff will fall victim to confirmation bias regarding his range.

I believe this strategy by the lakers is common and often referred to as inception.

[MrWaffles]

I don't see us trading the pick unless it's for a superstar. Trading down to land a lower pick and or multiple first round picks won't do us any good.

We will take the best prospect available at #2 and his name is Brandon Ingram. 18 years old, length, skill, shooting, defense. exactly what we need. His size should be no concern. Do you all remember how tiny KD was and pretty much still in?

In fact I am still trying to figure out why I keep hearing he's less of an athlete than KD... I think KD had a quicker first step, but Ingram seems to leap better and absorb contact better without seeing a side by side of athletic measurements.

I think a lot of negative talk comes from message boards trying to downplay the Lakers getting another star talent. Just a couple months ago, everyone was saying Ingram is by far the #1 pick and a better player with better upside, now it's the opposite. Ingram has everything we need. WE NEED to draft Ingram. It's hard to land a good SF these days, this is our chance to not only do that but draft a possibly baby KD.

We can't forget the Lakers brought in just as many possibly #2 picks in for workouts as well.

[ROballer]

What's amazing about Brown is he hasn't hired an agent so he hasn't been "trained" for interviews like 99% of the other prospects. Very well-spoken and intelligent kid that I really liked at #3, too bad (for him) we have the #2 pick.

Not too bad for him. He will look just fine in green - thank you very much. Then history will judge just how badly you screwed up.

You'd lick your own ballsack if you had the chance to take Ingram over Brown, please child..

Go away now


Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart on the same team ... I know who I can call up now, to ensure the bricks for my next house

[BEazy]

I still want Ingram over anybody in this draft.

[Danny Darko]

What's amazing about Brown is he hasn't hired an agent so he hasn't been "trained" for interviews like 99% of the other prospects. Very well-spoken and intelligent kid that I really liked at #3, too bad (for him) we have the #2 pick.

Not too bad for him. He will look just fine in green - thank you very much. Then history will judge just how badly you screwed up.

You'd lick your own ballsack if you had the chance to take Ingram over Brown, please child..

Go away now

not saying don't engage that sentiment but can you do it more eliquently?

[Bruh Man]

You'd lick your own ballsack if you had the chance to take Ingram over Brown, please child..

Go away now

not saying don't engage that sentiment but can you do it more eliquently?

you would engage in some oral stimulation if you had the opportunity to choose Ingram above Brown, if you will young human

please depart now

[iamworthy]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/LakersSBN/status/741814243750776832[/tweet]

[EArl]

What's amazing about Brown is he hasn't hired an agent so he hasn't been "trained" for interviews like 99% of the other prospects. Very well-spoken and intelligent kid that I really liked at #3, too bad (for him) we have the #2 pick.

Not too bad for him. He will look just fine in green - thank you very much. Then history will judge just how badly you screwed up.

You'd lick your own ballsack if you had the chance to take Ingram over Brown, please child..

Go away now


Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart on the same team ... I know who I can call up now, to ensure the bricks for my next house

[Slava]

What's amazing about Brown is he hasn't hired an agent so he hasn't been "trained" for interviews like 99% of the other prospects. Very well-spoken and intelligent kid that I really liked at #3, too bad (for him) we have the #2 pick.

Not too bad for him. He will look just fine in green - thank you very much. Then history will judge just how badly you screwed up.

You'd lick your own ballsack if you had the chance to take Ingram over Brown, please child..

Go away now


Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart on the same team ... I know who I can call up now, to ensure the bricks for my next house

If he could physically lick his own ball sack, he would never get out of his home.

[Lakernut4ever]

We don't need any green goblin to tell us who to pick. Ingram is as good as ours. He even posted himself in Laker jersey in online social media. Nobody wants to go to Boston or another hellhole we call Philadelphia. Go ask Okafor how does it feel?

[Danny Darko]

can draft night just be here already?

ESPN analytics call Ingram the better pick just to worry Danny Darko

[Marionettetc]

http://www.lakersnation.com/brandon-ingram-posts-photo-of-himself-wearing-lakers-jersey/2016/06/11/

[dockingsched]

That ended up being a fake Facebook account

[iamworthy]

Randon question. How much of Ben Simmons basketball dominance came from the fact he played in the SEC and as a freshman is probably a year older than most dudes. I think he's 14 months older than Ingram. Does any of this matter? Or is this guys a stud no matter where he plays?

[Slava]

Kentucky is in sec too and they have some average schools like Vanderbilt, Texas a&m, Missouri etc. It's not quite aac, big 12 or pac 12 but it's probably the 4th best conference in college basketball.

[iamworthy]

Kentucky is in sec too and they have some average schools like Vanderbilt, Texas a&m, Missouri etc. It's not quite aac, big 12 or pac 12 but it's probably the 4th best conference in college basketball.

Point taken. So He's just a beast then. I should probably watch more college.