Lakers prefer D'Angelo Russell to Jahlil Okafor with No. 2 pick, per report

[Ca$H]

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/6/2...-jahlil-okafor

Doubt LMA signs without Cousins. If he does they would be a fun team to watch.

Russell
Clarkson
Kobe
Randle
LMA

Too bad Kobe is old.

[Rocketswin2013]

Damn, the Lakers might get a ****ing beast of a player. Russell's upside is fantastic.

[BlakFrankWhite]

So from being the consensus #1 a few month back...Okafor won't even go top 3.

Damn!

[PejaNowitzki]

So from being the consensus #1 a few month back...Okafor won't even go top 3.

Damn!

You just know Phil Jackson would be all over him like a fat kid on a cupcake if he does fall to #4.

[Ca$H]

So from being the consensus #1 a few month back...Okafor won't even go top 3.

Damn!

The league is changing. Players like Okafor are a thing of the past.

[Ca$H]

You know Phil Jackson would be all over him like a fat kid on a cupcake if he does fall to #4.

Okafor would be perfect for the triangle. Who would the sixers take though?

[PejaNowitzki]

The league is changing. Players like Okafor are a thing of the past.

I don't agree with that. I think the Warriors have a unique model with unique personnel that other teams won't really be able to replicate. I think there will always be a role for a dominant inside player that can rack up points from the post.

[PejaNowitzki]

Okafor would be perfect for the triangle. Who would the sixers take though?

Porzingis. Yes, their GM is just nuts enough to do it.

[oh the horror]

Imo they can't go wrong with Russell either

[PejaNowitzki]

Imo they can't go wrong with Russell either

Russell, Randle, Clarkson, Kobe.........not a bad group.

[midatlantic09]

The league is changing. Players like Okafor are a thing of the past.

No, it's just that high quality Centers are virtually non-existent in the league right now. However, a high quality Center is just as valuable than a high quality guard.

At the end of the day, a dominant player is a dominant player...the position is irrelevant.

[BlakFrankWhite]

76ers will draft Winslow or Mudiay.

Porzingis is too much off a gamble

[SwishSquared]

Okafor would be perfect for the triangle. Who would the sixers take though?

Take Okafor, get an unprotected first from NYK + #4. Take Kristaps and either trade him to Magic for some package or keep him. Then try to move back into lotto with cap space and all those future picks they have.

They may very well want Russell, but I bet this is a ploy to get Hinkie to cough up LAL's future first or take on Jordan Hill (so Lakers would gain a $9M TPE). That could then help then strengthen their offer to the Kings.

[midatlantic09]

Btw, I don't believe this report one bit. I think the Lakers are just saying this so that the Sixers throw them some other assets while still getting their guy (Okafor) at #3.

[Ca$H]

76ers will draft Winslow or Mudiay.

Porzingis is too much off a gamble

Hinkie will probably be pissed. Russell would have been perfect for them. If Embiid's foot is really a concern then maybe they take Okafor?