By the time the Lakers picked in the NBA Draft there wasn’t much left to choose from so they selected shooting guard Joe Crawford. Crawford is 6′5″, 207 pounds and he’s a polished player. He played in 127 games (76 starts) at Kentucky and he averaged 11.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. Don’t look for him to get much playing time in the near future for the Lakers as he will be way too far down the depth chart.

The Lakers have selected center Marc Gasol from Spain in the 2nd round (#48) and he will likely stay in Spain for a couple of seasons. Marc is Pau Gasol’s brother but he’s nowhere near as good as his brother is. Marc Gasol certainly looks the part of an NBA center as he’s 7′1″, 280 pounds. Gasol has played in 126 games and he’s averaged 5.8 points, 2.9 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.6 blocks per game. Gasol hit 61.4% from the floor in Spain but only 63.5% from the free throw line.

Sun Yue was a 6′9″, 205 pound point guard in China last season but he projects to small forward in the NBA. He played in 20 games last season and he averaged 13.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 10.5 assists. 1.9 steals and 2.0 blocks per game. Sun Yue will likely take some time to adjust to the competition in the NBA. The Lakers won’t just give him minutes….he will have to earn them.

The Lakers felt the need to bring in a point guard to battle Jordan Farmar for the starting job next season and Crittenton is a pretty good one. He stands at 6′5″, 198 pounds and he played at Georgia Tech so he’s battle tested. Crittenton played in 32 games in his freshman season and he averaged 14.4 points, 3.7 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 2.0 steals per game. He also was a good shooter in college as he hit 45% from the floor, 35.6% from three point range and 78.3% from the free throw line.