The Los Angeles Lakers could be in the market for some added backcourt depth, partly out of necessity, this summer.
Guards D’Angelo Russell, Austin Reaves, Dennis Schroder and Lonnie Walker IV will be free agents, and chances are they will not be able to keep all of them on new contracts. Therefore, they may look to the 2023 NBA draft to find reinforcements.
The Lakers have worked out quite a number of guards in advance of the draft, and they will have two chances to add talent there using the No. 17 and No. 47 picks. One intriguing player they recently brought in was Taevion Kinsey, a guard out of Marshall University in West Virginia.