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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla
I think Wallace is a good player, but I LOVED the Lively pick.  |
Oh.
Well we didn't do that either.
I just don't quite get the Hood-Schifino pick. I tried to talk myself into it and man I am not getting there.
I mean you could argue that he's a 3 and D stretch 3 type but he's not big enough for it...oh, and he can't shoot from deep either.
Maybe you can squint and see a plus perimeter defender for late-game matchups with solid floor vision; someone who can help defensively in the rotation without hurting offensively. But it feels like that's a guy you get in the mid-20s (again, in a draft where the Mavs purchased #24).
It was just a really dead spot in the draft and the Lakers ended up reaching because they got caught napping, IMO.
For perspective, I like Maxwell Lewis, who LA got at 40, better than Jalen. And I don't think I'm close to alone in that regard. Now right, wrong or otherwise, it was the mushy middle of the draft. It was just a spot that I think LA should've worked harder to move up out of (or taken a homerun swing in Whitmore).