The long-term play here is a nice player, but is he ready to contribute to a team that expects to be good now? Grade: B Still, he’s a bit streaky as a scorer and especially as a shooter, which will be important for the Lakers immediately. Hood-Schifino showed in high school and college that he could be a role player, and that’s important here. The Lakers’ track record here deserves respect, but I’m a bit puzzled. As an on-ball player specializing in middies and floaters, but with limited ability to either shoot the 3 or get all the way to the cup, I don’t see a ton of upside here, and I don’t really see how he fits in on a team with LeBron James and Anthony Davis. On the other hand, I think Hood-Schifino is the most overrated player in the draft. The Lakers’ track record in the draft over the last decade or so has been as good as any team’s in the league. Well, this is an interesting one for me, personally. It wouldn’t have been surprising had Lewis gone late in the first round. With the 40th pick, acquired in exchange for cash earlier in the day, the Lakers took a stronger gamble on Lewis, the local Pepperdine player. Hood-Schifino ranked outside the top 30 of my projections and his best skill (contested shot making) isn’t a fit alongside Anthony Davis and LeBron James, granted that he might ultimately outlast them on the L.A. 40)Īlthough Hood-Schifino went later than expected, I’m still not a fan of the value for the Lakers. Los Angeles Lakers: C Round 1: Jalen Hood-Schifino (No.

The Lakers have done a great job developing players in the Rob Pelinka era, and if they can get him comfortable from deep, it could open up much more in his game. JHS has a beautiful pull-up game that currently extends only as far as the midrange. The Big Ten Freshman of the Year is a poised pick-and-roll maestro with excellent vision and passing touch, and his Montverde Academy pedigree shines through in his disciplined defensive fundamentals. With D’Angelo Russell’s free agency situation up in the air, the Lakers find something of a doppelgänger in Hood-Schifino. We’ve compiled draft grades and other feedback from around the Web on the selection of both players into the roundup below: Hood-Schifino 57 to Golden State in Thursday’s NBA draft. 17 by the Los Angeles Lakers and Trayce Jackson Davis went No.

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