Los Angeles Lakers draft history explained

The Los Angeles Lakers began their history in the National Basketball League (NBL) during the 1947–48 season under the name of the Minneapolis Lakers but moved to the Basketball Association of America (BAA) prior to the 1948–49 BAA season (the NBL and BAA later merged to form the National Basketball Association). The Lakers moved to Los Angeles for the 1959–60 NBA season, where they have been located ever since. The Minneapolis Lakers took its official name from Minnesota's nickname, Land of 10,000 Lakes.^[1]

To help the Lakers acquire local players, territorial picks were instituted from its inception in 1950 until 1965. Territorial picks were used as a type of special draft choice used in the NBA Draft. Prior to the league's draft, a team could forfeit its first-round draft pick and select a player from within 50miles. Territorial picks were then eliminated when the draft was revamped in 1966.^[2] Before the 1989 NBA draft, the draft had more than two rounds. After 1989, the NBA agreed with the National Basketball Players' Association to limit drafts to two rounds. Teams can also trade their picks, so some years a team could have more than or less than two picks.

The Lakers selected Chuck Hanger with their first pick, ninth overall in the 1948 BAA draft. The Lakers got their first overall draft pick in 1958 by choosing Elgin Baylor, who went on to be selected as the only NBA Rookie of the Year to be on the Lakers.^[3] The Lakers also drafted Magic Johnson in 1979 with their second first overall pick, who was rated the greatest NBA point guard of all time by ESPN in 2007.^[4] The Lakers had no first-round draft picks in 1967, 1976, 1978, 1980, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. The Lakers had no first or second-round draft picks from 1983, 1987, and 2001. Throughout the years, the Lakers had traded away some of their picks as well as traded for other teams' picks. As a result of the various trades, the Los Angeles Lakers had five first and second-round picks in 1979. In 1996, GM Jerry West orchestrated a draft day trade in which a High School Kobe Bryant was acquired by the Los Angeles Lakers for Vlade Divac. This same year, Jerry West had acquired a FA Shaquille O’Neal in a blockbuster signing.

Key

Abbreviation	Meaning	Abbreviation	Meaning
T		G	Guard
PG		SG	Shooting guard
F		SF	Small forward
PF		C	Center
		border:1px solid width:2em;'	(#)	Retired Lakers' Number
§	NBA All-star		First Overall NBA Draft Pick

Selections

Year	Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	From
1948-11948					F	California
1949-T1949	0T	—			F/C	Hamline
1950-11950					G	Notre Dame
1951-T1951	0T	—			G	Minnesota
	2				F/C	Kansas State
1952-11952					C/F	Kansas
1953-11953					F/C^[5]	Hamline
1954-11954					C/F	Minnesota
	2				G	Bowling Green State
1955-T1955	0T	—			G/F	Minnesota
	2				F/G	Minnesota
1956-11956					F/G	Dayton
1957-11957					C/F	Southern Methodist
	2				F^[6]	Illinois
1958-11958		align=center bgcolor="#FFCCCC"		§ (22)		F	Seattle
1959-11959					F	Notre Dame
	2				F/C	Morehead State
	2		§		F/C	Dartmouth
1960-11960			(44)		G	West Virginia
1961-11961					C^[7]	Memphis State
	2				C^[8]	Louisville
1962-11962					C	St. John's
	2				C^[9]	Wichita
1963-11963					F^[10]	Jacksonville
	2		(from Cincinnati)		G	Tulsa
	2				G	Western Carolina
1964-T1964	0T	—			G	UCLA
	2				F	Kentucky
1965-T1965	0T	—	§(25)		G	UCLA
	2				F^[11]	Brigham Young
1966-11966					F	Utah
	2				C	Dayton
1967-11967	2				F	Clemson
1968-11968					F	USC
1969-11969					G	Drake
					C/PF	Cincinnati
	2				G	Southern Illinois
1970-11970					F	Columbia
	2				G^[12]	Stetson
1971-11971					G	Ohio State
1972-11972					F	Kentucky State
	2		(from Cleveland)		G	Louisville
	2		(from Baltimore)		F	Arizona State
1973-11973			§ (from Cleveland)		C/PF	American
	2				F^[13]	St. John's
	2		(from Baltimore)		C/PF	Marquette
	2				C^[14]	Pan American
1974-11974			§		SG/SF	South Carolina
	2		§		G/F	Pittsburgh
1975-11975					PF/C	UCLA
					SF/SG	Louisville
1976-21976	2		(from Phoenix)		G/F	Marquette
1977-11977					F	North Carolina State
			(from San Antonio)		G	Maryland
			§		PG	Duquesne
1978-21978	2				G
	2		(from Kansas City)		SG^[15]	UNC Charlotte
1979-11979		align=center bgcolor="#FFCCCC"		§(32)		PG	Michigan State
					G	UCLA
	2				SG	East Carolina
	2		(from Denver)		PF^[16]	Louisiana Tech
	2		(from Buffalo)		PF^[17]	Fairfield
1980-21980	2		(from Cleveland)		F	Virginia Tech
	2		(from Denver)		G	Indiana
1981-11981					SG/SF	Michigan
	2		(from Cleveland)		SF^[18]	Toledo
	2				C/PF^[19]	Florida State
1982-11982		align=center bgcolor="#FFCCCC"		§ (42) (from Cleveland)		SF	North Carolina
1984-11984					C	District of Columbia
1985-11985			§		PF/C	Oregon State
1986-11986					F	Notre Dame
1988					PG	Notre Dame
1989			§	(now)	C	KK Partizan (Yugoslavia)
1990					PF/C	Clemson
	2		(from San Antonio)		G	Marquette
1991	2				SG	Oral Roberts
1992					SG	Missouri
	2				G	USC
1993					PF	North Carolina
	2		§		PG	Cincinnati
1994			§		SG	Temple
1995	2				PG	Western Carolina
1996					PG	Arkansas–Little Rock
1997	2				PG	Louisville
	2		(from New York)		C	Gonzaga
1998					SG/SF	Minnesota
	2		(from Vancouver)		SF	Cincinnati
	2		(traded to Phoenix)		SG	UCLA
1999					SF	Augsburg
	2		(from Vancouver)		SG	Villanova
2000					PF/C	Stanford
2002			(traded to Toronto)		SF	Fresno State
2003					PF	Illinois
	2				SF	Arizona
2004					G	Pallalcesto Amatori Udine (Italy)
	2				PF/C	Providence
2005			§		C	St. Joseph HS (New Jersey)
	2		(from New York via Atlanta and Charlotte)		PF/C	Gonzaga
	2				G	Florida State
2006			(from Miami)		PG	UCLA
	2		(traded to Detroit)		C	WTC Cornellà (Spain, 2nd division)
2007					PG	Georgia Tech
	2		(from Charlotte)		PG	Beijing Olympians (ABA)
	2		§		C	Akasvayu Girona (Liga Española de Baloncesto)
2008	2				SG	Kentucky
2009	1		(traded to New York)		G	Florida State
	2		(from Charlotte; traded to Miami)		G	Arkansas
	2				PF/C	Texas A&M
2010	2		(from Memphis)		F	West Virginia
	2				PF/C	UTEP
2011	2		(from Golden State Warriors via New Jersey Nets)		PG	Michigan (So.)
	2		(from New York Knicks)		SG	College of Charleston (Sr.)
	2		(traded to Denver Nuggets)		SF	Bakersfield Jam (D-League)
	2		(from Miami Heat)		C	Gold Coast Blaze (Australia)
2012	2		(from Chicago via Milwaukee and Brooklyn)		C	Gonzaga (Sr.)
2013	2				PF	Duke (Sr.)
2014	1		§		PF	Kentucky
2015	1		§		PG	Ohio State
	1				PF	Wyoming
	2				SF	Stanford
	1		§		SF	Duke (Fr.)
	2				C	Mega Leks (Serbia)
	1				PG	UCLA
	1		(traded to Utah)		C	Utah
	1		(from Cleveland via Portland and Cleveland)		PF	Michigan
	2		(from New York via Philadelphia)		PG	Skyliners Frankfurt (Germany)
	2		(from Denver via Utah and Chicago)		SG	Kansas
2019	1		De'Andre Hunter (traded to Atlanta)		SF	Virginia (So.)
	2		Talen Horton-Tucker (from Orlando via Brooklyn, Charlotte and Memphis)		SF	Iowa State (Fr.)
2020	1		Jaden McDaniels (traded to Minnesota via Oklahoma City)		SF	Washington (Fr.)
2021	1		Isaiah Jackson (traded to Indiana)		C/PF	Kentucky (Fr.)
2022	2	35	Max Christie (from Indiana via Milwaukee to Orlando)		SG	Michigan State (Fr.)
2023	1	17	Jalen Hood-Schifino		PG/SG	Indiana
2024	1	17	Dalton Knecht		SF	Tennessee
	2	55	Bronny James		SG	USC

Footnotes

• The Lakers traded Tom Hawkins to Cincinnati for a future draft pick (Jim King).^[20]
• The Lakers traded Rick Roberson to Cleveland for a future draft pick (Jim Price) and cash.
• The Lakers traded John Tresvant to Baltimore for a future draft pick (Paul Stovall).
• The Lakers traded Jim Cleamons to Cleveland for a future draft pick (Kermit Washington).
• The Lakers traded Flynn Robinson to Baltimore for future considerations.
• The Lakers traded Pat Riley to Phoenix in exchange for two future draft picks (Earl Tatum and ?).
• The Lakers traded Melvin Calvin to San Antonio for 1977 first-round draft pick (Brad Davis) and cash.
• The Lakers traded Lucius Allen to Kansas City for Ollie Johnson and a first and second round (Lew Massey) draft picks in 1978.
• The Lakers traded Charlie Scott to Denver for Ron Boone and two second-round draft picks (Victor King and Butch Carter).
• The Lakers traded Tom Abernethy to Buffalo for a second-round draft pick (Mark Young).
• The Lakers traded Kenny Carr for two second-round draft picks (Wayne Robinson and Harvey Knuckles).
• The Lakers traded Don Ford and a first-round draft pick (Chad Kinch) to Cleveland in exchange for Butch Lee and a first-round draft pick in the 1982 draft (James Worthy).
• The Lakers traded Mike Smrek to San Antonio for a 1990 second-round draft pick (Tony Smith).
• The Lakers traded Doug Christie to New York in exchange for two second-round draft picks (Paul Rogers and ?).^[21]
• The Lakers traded George Lynch and Anthony Peeler to Vancouver in exchange for future considerations.
• The Lakers traded draft rights to Toby Bailey to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for future considerations.^[22]
• The Lakers traded Lindsey Hunter and draft rights to Chris Jefferies in exchange for Tracy Murray and draft rights to Kareem Rush.^[23]

• The Lakers have traded guard Kareem Rush to the Charlotte Bobcats for two future second-round draft picks (Ronny Turiaf and Patrick Beverley). The Bobcats have acquired a second-round pick (Ronny Turiaf) in the 2005 NBA Draft from Atlanta in exchange for forward/center Predrag Drobnjak. Atlanta Hawks acquired centers Michael Doleac (from the New York Knicks) and Joel Przybilla (from the Milwaukee Bucks), along with a 2005 second-round pick from the Knicks (Ronny Turiaf), while sending center Nazr Mohammed to the Knicks in the three-way trade.^[24]
• The Lakers have acquired forward Lamar Odom, forward Caron Butler, forward Brian Grant and a future first-round draft pick (Jordan Farmar) from the Miami Heat in exchange for center Shaquille O'Neal.^[25]
• The Lakers traded draft rights to center Cheikh Samb in exchange for Maurice Evans.^[26]
• The Lakers have traded forward Jumaine Jones to the Charlotte Bobcats for a 2007 second-round draft pick (Sun Yue).^[27]
• The Lakers traded draft rights to Toney Douglas to the New York Knicks in exchange for a 2011 second-round draft choice (Andrew Goudelock) and cash considerations.^[28]
• The Lakers traded draft rights to Patrick Beverley to the Miami Heat in exchange for a 2011 second-round draft pick (Ater Majok) and cash considerations.^[29]
• The Lakers traded forward Kwame Brown, guard Javaris Crittenton, guard Aaron McKie, the draft rights to Marc Gasol, and first-round picks in 2008 (Donté Greene) and 2010 (Greivis Vásquez) to Memphis in exchange for Pau Gasol and a second round draft choice in 2010 (Devin Ebanks).^[30]
• The Lakers traded guard Sasha Vujacic and a 2011 first-round draft pick (JaJuan Johnson) to New Jersey in exchange for forward Joe Smith and two second-round draft picks (Darius Morris & Chicago's second-round pick in 2012) along with the draft rights to Sergei Lishchuk from Houston.^[31]
• The Lakers traded draft rights to Chukwudiebere Maduabum to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for a future second-round draft pick.^[32]

See also

• NBA records

References

General

• Web site: Los Angeles Lakers Draft Register. Basketball-reference.com. 2008-06-07.
• Web site: Hall of Famers. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. 2010-10-11.
• Web site: Lakers: Lakers Retired Numbers. NBA.com. 2008-06-14.
• Web site: Lakers Media Guide 2007-08 . zmags.com . 2008-06-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080502124951/http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=prwgh . May 2, 2008 .

Specific

Notes and References

1. Book: Reavis, Tracey. The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia . 2000 . Doubleday. 978-0-385-50130-9.
2. Web site: Evolution of the Draft and Lottery . NBA.com . 2008-06-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090318105833/http://www.nba.com/history/draft_evolution.html . 2009-03-18 . dead .
3. Web site: NBA Postseason Awards: Rookie of the Year. NBA.com. 2008-06-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20100329231204/http://www.nba.com/history/awards_rookieofyear.html. 2010-03-29. dead.
4. Web site: ESPN – NBA – Daily Dime: Special Edition 10 Greatest Point Guards Ever. ESPN.com. 2008-06-14. 2012-02-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20120216111709/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dailydime-GreatestPointGuards. dead.
5. Web site: Jim Fritsche Statistics – Basketball-Reference.com. Basketball-Reference.com. 2008-06-16. 2008-05-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20080518141953/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/fritsji01.html. live.
6. Web site: TheDraftReview – Harvey Schmidt. 7 May 2007 . TheDraftReview.com. 2008-06-16. 2018-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180716194734/https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=181. live.
7. Web site: Wayne Yates Statistics – Basketball-Reference.com. Basketball-Reference.com. 2008-06-16. 2008-06-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20080603190543/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/y/yateswa01.html. live.
8. Web site: TheDraftReview – Fred Sawyer. 8 May 2007 . TheDraftReview.com. 2008-06-16. 2018-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180716194746/https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=269. live.
9. Web site: Gene Wiley Statistics – Basketball-Reference.com. Basketball-Reference.com. 2008-06-16. 2008-06-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20080624060357/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wileyge01.html. live.
10. Web site: Roger Strickland Statistics – Basketball-Reference.com. Basketball-Reference.com. 2008-06-16. 2008-06-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20080629071800/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/stricro01.html. live.
11. Web site: John Fairchild Statistics – Basketball-Reference.com. Basketball-Reference.com. 2008-06-16. 2008-06-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20080603182407/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/faircjo01.html. live.
12. Web site: Earnie Killum Statistics – Basketball-Reference.com. Basketball-Reference.com. 2008-06-16. 2008-06-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20080603125433/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/killuea01.html. live.
13. Web site: Billy Schaeffer Statistics – Basketball-Reference.com. Basketball-Reference.com. 2008-06-16. 2008-06-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20080624084455/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/schaebi01.html. live.
14. Web site: TheDraftReview – John Perry. 21 May 2007 . TheDraftReview.com. 2008-06-16. 2018-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180716194700/https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=887. live.
15. Web site: TheDraftReview – Lew Massey. 29 May 2007 . TheDraftReview.com. 2008-06-16. 2018-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180716194806/https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1462. live.
16. Web site: TheDraftReview – Victor King. 29 May 2007 . TheDraftReview.com. 2008-06-16. 2018-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180716223918/https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1514. live.
17. Web site: TheDraftReview – mark Young. 29 May 2007 . TheDraftReview.com. 2008-06-16. 2018-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180716194817/https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1517. live.
18. Web site: TheDraftReview – Harvey Knuckles. 4 June 2007 . TheDraftReview.com. 2008-06-16. 2018-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180716223940/https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1975. live.
19. Web site: TheDraftReview – Elvis Rolle. 4 June 2007 . TheDraftReview.com. 2008-06-16. 2018-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180716194832/https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1981. live.
20. Web site: Lakers Media Guide. zmags.com. 2008-06-30. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080502124951/http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=prwgh#/page252/. 2008-05-02.
21. Web site: Lakers Media Guide . zmags.com . 2008-06-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080502124951/http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=prwgh . May 2, 2008 .
22. Web site: 1998 Draft Day Trades. 9 August 2007 . TheDraftReview.com. 2008-06-29. 2018-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180716194834/https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3076. live.
23. Web site: NBA.com: Complete First Round Results -- 2000-07. NBA.com. 2008-06-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20110225153711/http://www.nba.com/history/draft_round1_2000s.html. 2011-02-25. dead.
24. Web site: 2005 Outstanding Trades. NBADraft.net. 2005-04-02. 2008-06-19. 2009-05-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20090524013140/http://www.nbadraft.net/2005draftnotes.html. dead.
25. Web site: Lakers: Lakers Acquire Odom, Butler, Grant and a Future First Rounder for Shaq. NBA.com. 2004-08-07. 2008-06-19. 2013-10-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20131009044438/http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/odom_shaq_trade_040714.html. live.
26. Web site: Maurice Evans – Los Angeles Lakers – Maurice Evans Stats. LosAngelesLakersOnline.com. 2008-06-19. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080617152256/http://www.losangeleslakersonline.com/maurice-evans.php. 2008-06-17.
27. Web site: Lakers: Lakers Trade Jumaine Jones to Bobcats For a Future Second Round Pick. NBA.com. 2008-06-19. 2008-05-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20080517201206/http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/jones_051026.html. live.
28. Web site: Knicks Acquire Draft Rights to Toney Douglas. NBA.com. 2009-06-26. 2009-06-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20090629054156/http://www.nba.com/knicks/news/090625toney_release.html. live.
29. Web site: Heat Acquire Draft Rights to Patrick Beverley. NBA.com. 2009-06-26. 2009-06-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20090629071731/http://www.nba.com/heat/news/HEAT_Acquire_Draft_Rights_to_P-317502-36.html. live.
30. Web site: Lakers Acquire Gasol From Grizzlies. NBA.com. 2010-08-15. 2009-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20090308092451/http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/080201gasol_trade.html. live.
31. Web site: Nets Acquire Vujacic & Two 1st-Round Picks in 3-Team Trade. NBA.com. 2011-06-24. 2013-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20130513052916/http://www.nba.com/nets/news/Vujacic_Trade_Release_101215.html. live.
32. Web site: Lakers Trade Draft Rights To Chukwudiebere Maduabum. NBA.com. 2011-06-24. 2012-11-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20121111024434/http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/110623tradedraftrightsmaduabum.html. live.