When it comes to adding backcourt depth and possibly replacing at least one of the guards they may lose in free agency, the Los Angeles Lakers have options.
If D’Angelo Russell leaves, they could use him in a sign-and-trade, and the expiring contracts of Malik Beasley and Mo Bamba could be used as well.
But perhaps the team’s most valuable commodities are its No. 17 and No. 47 picks in the 2023 NBA draft. The Lakers could either trade them or use them on players who are ready enough to help next season.
One player the Lakers worked out that they could either get in the second round or as an undrafted free agent is Jamarius Burton, a guard out of the University of Pittsburgh.