LA Lakers NBA Draft 2011: Cory Joseph and Other Picks the Lakers Cannot Pass by

The Los Angeles Lakers do not need to make a bunch of moves up the draft board at the end of June when picks are officially made.

The Collective Bargaining Agreement for the NBA expires this summer, but over a week after the draft is scheduled to take place. Therefore, the Lakers have more than enough time to evaluate what direction they would like the organization to go and which rookies would be best equipped in the future to lead them down that path.

In most recent Lakers’ years, there has not been much rookie involvement.

Phil Jackson has stayed solid in his approach with his core men. However, since the dawn of a new era is peering through the clouds amon...

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