If there is one thing we know for sure with less than a week to go before the 2021 NBA Draft, it’s that the Los Angeles Lakers have been actively working the phones and surveying all their options. The team has discussed multiple deals involving Kyle Kuzma, as well as Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, and it sounds like they are exploring a multitude of ways they could use their No. 22 pick as well.
The Lakers have looked at at least 38 prospects that we know of, but many of the prospective draft picks they’ve evaluated have stock far below the team’s pick in the back half of the first round.