Los Angeles Lakers: Ranking positions of need in 2020 NBA Draft

By Jason Reed | Oct 30, 2020

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3. Power forward

This potential position of need could be much higher or could be much lower depending on what the Los Angeles Lakers do this offseason. However, because of the potential of selecting a stretch big, it checks in at number three over needing a traditional center.

There are a lot of questions about the power forward position. Will Kyle Kuzma get traded? Will Markieff Morris re-join the Los Angeles Lakers? Will the Lakers pursue my personal favorite MLE target, Danilo Gallinari?

We might get a peek into what the Lakers’ plans are during the draft based on who they select. If they select someone such as Killian Tillie, who I personally really like, then that might signal a Kuzma trade and Gallinari signing. Gallinari would not be a long-term option and they would have Tillie to produce right away as well as develop.

Plus, there already are not a lot of minutes as the position because of Anthony Davis. More times than not, these traditional power forwards are taking up minutes elsewhere. Kuzma and Gallinari would essentially be small forwards when LeBron is on the bench and Markieff Morris even plays small-ball five.

However, since power forwards, especially in today’s NBA, have the versatility to play both the three and the five, this position ranks higher.

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