14 Draft Invitees

The group of “green room” prospects is smaller than in years past in which 20 to 25 players were invited to the event, reflecting the uncertainty revolving around the draft.

The league office and many team front offices are struggling to get an accurate read on the draft outside of the top 10 picks, sources said.

As many as three more players could be added to the list by Sunday afternoon, league sources said.

The invited players, in alphabetical order:
Wade Baldwin, Vanderbilt
Dragan Bender, Maccabi Tel Aviv
Jaylen Brown, Cal
Marquese Chriss, Washington
Deyonta Davis, Michigan State
Kris Dunn, Providence
Henry Ellenson, Marquette
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
Brandon Ingram, Duke
Skal Labissiere, Kentucky
Jamal Murray, Kentucky
Jakob Poeltl, Utah
Domantas Sabonis, Gonzaga
Ben Simmons, LSU

arambone wrote:Buddy Hield finished second workout for the Lakers, and he's confident they're drafting him at #2.

I'm starting to think there might be something to that. DRussell is probably on sh!t list of Lakers org.

Also, Lakers might have reason to believe that a big name SF wants to sign there. DeRozan, Durant, LeBron even.

Drafting a 195 lb small forward in Ingram might not dovetail with the Lakers' summer free agent plans, but drafting a lights out shooter like Hield who doesn't need the ball in his hands would be attractive to free agent small forwards.

bobheckler wrote:

arambone wrote:Buddy Hield finished second workout for the Lakers, and he's confident they're drafting him at #2.

I'm starting to think there might be something to that. DRussell is probably on sh!t list of Lakers org.

Also, Lakers might have reason to believe that a big name SF wants to sign there. DeRozan, Durant, LeBron even.

Drafting a 195 lb small forward in Ingram might not dovetail with the Lakers' summer free agent plans, but drafting a lights out shooter like Hield who doesn't need the ball in his hands would be attractive to free agent small forwards.

Arambone,

If that's true then either Simmons or Ingram will fall to us OR Danny and Brad have fallen in love with Brown so much that they take him anyway.

I think that would be stupid.

5 more days, just 5.


bob


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