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The Lakers only pick in the NBA Draft Chinemelu Elonu has decided to play in Spain this season. He signed a two year deal to play overseas but he can get out of it after 1 year. Elonu wasn’t going to play much with the Lakers so this was a smart move for him.
The Lakers finally selected a player with the 59th pick in the NBA Draft. They sold their first round pick to the Knicks for $3 million bucks and they traded their first pick of the 2nd round to the Heat. The Lakers will use the money from the Knicks to help re-sign Lamar Odom and Trevor Ariza. The 22-year old Elonu played in 90 games at Texas A&M and he averaged 5.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 0.2 assists per game. He will take a lot of time to develop.
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.
