Los Angeles Lakers draft history
The Los Angeles Lakers joined the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the 1948–49 BAA season as the Minneapolis Lakers, but moved to Los Angeles for the 1959–60 NBA season, where they have been located ever since. They play their home games at Staples Center, which they share with fellow NBA team the Los Angeles Clippers.[1] The Minneapolis Lakers took its official name from Minnesota's nickname, Land of 10,000 Lakes.[2] The NBA started as the Basketball Association of America (BAA).
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 50 miles (80 km). Territorial picks were then eliminated when the draft was revamped in 1966.[3] 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.
Key[]
Abbreviation | Meaning | Abbreviation | Meaning |
T | Territorial pick | G | Guard |
PG | Point guard | SG | Shooting guard |
F | Forward | SF | Small forward |
PF | Power forward | C | Center |
* | Hall of Famer | (#) | Retired Lakers' Number |
§ | NBA All-star |
Selections[]
Year | Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1948 | 1 | 9 | Chuck Hanger | United States | F | California |
1949 | T | — | Vern Mikkelsen* | United States | F/C | Hamline |
1950 | 1 | 10 | Kevin O'Shea | United States | G | Notre Dame |
1951 | T | — | Whitey Skoog | United States | G | Minnesota |
2 | 19 | Lew Hitch | United States | F/C | Kansas State | |
1952 | 1 | 9 | Clyde Lovellette* | United States | C/F | Kansas |
1953 | 1 | 7 | Jim Fritsche | United States | F/C[6] | Hamline |
1954 | 1 | 9 | Ed Kalafat | United States | C/F | Minnesota |
2 | 18 | Al Bianchi | United States | G | Bowling Green State | |
1955 | T | — | Dick Garmaker | United States | G/F | Minnesota |
2 | 12 | Chuck Mencel | United States | F/G | Minnesota | |
1956 | 1 | 3 | Jim Paxson | United States | F/G | Dayton |
1957 | 1 | 3 | Jim Krebs | United States | C/F | Southern Methodist |
2 | 11 | Harv Schmidt | United States | F[7] | Illinois | |
1958 | 1 | 1 | Elgin Baylor*§ (22) | United States | F | Seattle |
1959 | 1 | 3 | Tom Hawkins | United States | F | Notre Dame |
2 | 8 | Steve Hamilton | United States | F/C | Morehead State | |
2 | 10 | Rudy LaRusso§ | United States | F/C | Dartmouth | |
1960 | 1 | 2 | Jerry West* (44) | United States | G | West Virginia |
1961 | 1 | 5 | Wayne Yates | United States | C[8] | Memphis State |
2 | 13 | Fred Sawyer | United States | C[9] | Louisville | |
1962 | 1 | 6 | LeRoy Ellis | United States | C | St. John's |
2 | 15 | Gene Wiley | United States | C[10] | Wichita | |
1963 | 1 | 7 | Roger Strickland | United States | F[11] | Jacksonville |
2 | 13 | Jim King (from Cincinnati)[a] | United States | G | Tulsa | |
2 | 16 | Mel Gibson | United States | G | Western Carolina | |
1964 | T | — | Mahdi Abdul-Rahman | United States | G | UCLA |
2 | 12 | Cotton Nash | United States | F | Kentucky | |
1965 | T | — | Gail Goodrich* §(25) | United States | G | UCLA |
2 | 16 | John Fairchild | United States | F[12] | Brigham Young | |
1966 | 1 | 7 | Jerry Chambers | United States | F | Utah |
2 | 17 | Hank Finkel | United States | C | Dayton | |
1967 | 2 | 16 | Randolph Mahaffey | United States | F | Clemson |
1968 | 1 | 11 | Bill Hewitt | United States | F | USC |
1969 | 1 | 12 | Willie McCarter | United States | G | Drake |
1 | 15 | Rick Roberson | United States | C/PF | Cincinnati | |
2 | 27 | Dick Garrett | United States | G | Southern Illinois | |
1970 | 1 | 13 | Jim McMillian | United States | F | Columbia |
2 | 30 | Earnie Killum | United States | G[13] | Stetson | |
1971 | 1 | 13 | Jim Cleamons | United States | G | Ohio State |
1972 | 1 | 13 | Travis Grant | United States | F | Kentucky State |
2 | 16 | Jim Price (from Cleveland)[b] | United States | G | Louisville | |
2 | 22 | Paul Stovall (from Baltimore)[c] | United States | F | Arizona State | |
1973 | 1 | 5 | Kermit Washington§ (from Cleveland)[d] | United States | C/PF | American |
2 | 23 | Billy Schaeffer | United States | F[14] | St. John's | |
2 | 31 | Jim Chones (from Baltimore)[e] | United States | C/PF | Marquette | |
2 | 34 | Pete Perry | United States | C[15] | Pan American | |
1974 | 1 | 12 | Brian Winters§ | United States | SG/SF | South Carolina |
2 | 21 | Billy Knight§ | United States | G/F | Pittsburgh | |
1975 | 1 | 2 | David Meyers | United States | PF/C | UCLA |
1 | 8 | Junior Bridgeman | United States | SF/SG | Louisville | |
1976 | 2 | 21 | Earl Tatum (from Phoenix)[f] | United States | G/F | Marquette |
1977 | 1 | 6 | Kenny Carr | United States | F | North Carolina State |
1 | 15 | Brad Davis (from San Antonio)[g] | United States | G | Maryland | |
1 | 22 | Norm Nixon§ | United States | PG | Duquesne | |
1978 | 2 | 26 | Ron Carter | United States | G | VMI |
2 | 38 | Lew Massey (from Kansas City)[h] | United States | SG[16] | UNC Charlotte | |
1979 | 1 | 1 | Earvin Johnson* §(32) | United States | PG | Michigan State |
1 | 14 | Brad Holland | United States | G | UCLA | |
2 | 25 | Oliver Mack | United States | SG | East Carolina | |
2 | 39 | Victor King (from Denver)[i] | United States | PF[17] | Louisiana Tech | |
2 | 41 | Mark Young (from Buffalo)[j] | United States | PF[18] | Fairfield | |
1980 | 2 | 31 | Wayne Robinson (from Cleveland)[k] | United States | F | Virginia Tech |
2 | 37 | Butch Carter (from Denver)[i] | United States | G | Indiana | |
1981 | 1 | 19 | Mike McGee | United States | SG/SF | Michigan |
2 | 39 | Harvey Knuckles (from Cleveland)[k] | United States | SF[19] | Toledo | |
2 | 42 | Elvis Rolle | United States | C/PF[20] | Florida State | |
1982 | 1 | 1 | James Worthy*§ (42) (from Cleveland)[l] | United States | SF | North Carolina |
1984 | 1 | 23 | Earl Jones | United States | C | District of Columbia |
1985 | 1 | 23 | A. C. Green§ | United States | PF/C | Oregon State |
1986 | 1 | 23 | Ken Barlow | United States | F | Notre Dame |
1988 | 1 | 25 | David Rivers | United States | PG | Notre Dame |
1989 | 1 | 26 | Vlade Divac§ | Yugoslavia (now Serbia) | C | KK Partizan (Yugoslavia) |
1990 | 1 | 27 | Elden Campbell | United States | PF/C | Clemson |
2 | 51 | Tony Smith (from San Antonio)[m] | United States | G | Marquette | |
1991 | 2 | 52 | Anthony Jones | United States | SG | Oral Roberts |
1992 | 1 | 15 | Anthony Peeler | United States | SG | Missouri |
2 | 36 | Duane Cooper | United States | G | USC | |
1993 | 1 | 12 | George Lynch | United States | PF | North Carolina |
2 | 37 | Nick Van Exel§ | United States | PG | Cincinnati | |
1994 | 1 | 10 | Eddie Jones§ | United States | SG | Temple |
1995 | 2 | 37 | Frankie King | United States | PG | Western Carolina |
1996 | 1 | 24 | Derek Fisher | United States | PG | Arkansas–Little Rock |
1997 | 2 | 51 | DeJuan Wheat | United States | PG | Louisville |
2 | 54 | Paul Rogers (from New York)[n] | Australia | C | Gonzaga | |
1998 | 1 | 26 | Sam Jacobson | United States | SG/SF | Minnesota |
2 | 31 | Ruben Patterson (from Vancouver)[o] | United States | SF | Cincinnati | |
2 | 45 | Toby Bailey (traded to Phoenix)[p] | United States | SG | UCLA | |
1999 | 1 | 23 | Devean George | United States | SF | Augsburg |
2 | 30 | John Celestand (from Vancouver)[o] | United States | SG | Villanova | |
2000 | 1 | 29 | Mark Madsen | United States | PF/C | Stanford |
2002 | 1 | 27 | Chris Jefferies (traded to Toronto)[q] | United States | SF | Fresno State |
2003 | 1 | 24 | Brian Cook | United States | PF | Illinois |
2 | 32 | Luke Walton | United States | SF | Arizona | |
2004 | 1 | 27 | Sasha Vujačić | Slovenia | G | Pallalcesto Amatori Udine (Italy) |
2 | 56 | Marcus Douthit | United States | PF/C | Providence | |
2005 | 1 | 10 | Andrew Bynum§ | United States | C | St. Joseph HS (New Jersey) |
2 | 37 | Ronny Turiaf (from New York via Atlanta and Charlotte)[r] | France | PF/C | Gonzaga | |
2 | 39 | Von Wafer | United States | G | Florida State | |
2006 | 1 | 26 | Jordan Farmar (from Miami)[s] | United States | PG | UCLA |
2 | 51 | Cheikh Samb (traded to Detroit)[t] | Senegal | C | WTC Cornellà (Spain, 2nd division) | |
2007 | 1 | 19 | Javaris Crittenton | United States | PG | Georgia Tech |
2 | 40 | Sun Yue (from Charlotte)[u] | China | PG | Beijing Olympians (ABA) | |
2 | 48 | Marc Gasol§ | Spain | C | Akasvayu Girona (Liga Española de Baloncesto) | |
2008 | 2 | 58 | Joe Crawford | United States | SG | Kentucky |
2009 | 1 | 29 | Toney Douglas (traded to New York)[v] | United States | G | Florida State |
2 | 42 | Patrick Beverley (from Charlotte; traded to Miami)[r][w] | United States | G | Arkansas | |
2 | 59 | Chinemelu Elonu | United States | PF/C | Texas A&M | |
2010 | 2 | 43 | Devin Ebanks (from Memphis)[x] | United States | F | West Virginia |
2 | 58 | Derrick Caracter | United States | PF/C | UTEP | |
2011 | 2 | 41 | Darius Morris (from Golden State Warriors via New Jersey Nets)[y] | United States | PG | Michigan (So.) |
2 | 46 | Andrew Goudelock (from New York Knicks)[v] | United States | SG | College of Charleston (Sr.) | |
2 | 56 | Chukwudiebere Maduabum (traded to Denver Nuggets)[z] | Nigeria | SF | Bakersfield Jam (D-League) | |
2 | 58 | Ater Majok (from Miami Heat)[w] | Australia | C | Gold Coast Blaze (Australia) | |
2012 | 2 | 60 | Robert Sacre (from Chicago via Milwaukee and Brooklyn) | Canada | C | Gonzaga (Sr.) |
2013 | 2 | 48 | Ryan Kelly | United States | PF | Duke (Sr.) |
2014 | 1 | 7 | Julius Randle§ | United States | PF | Kentucky |
2015 | 1 | 2 | D'Angelo Russell§ | United States | PG | Ohio State |
1 | 27 | Larry Nance Jr. | United States | PF | Wyoming | |
2 | 34 | Anthony Brown | United States | SF | Stanford | |
2016 | 1 | 2 | Brandon Ingram§ | United States | SF | Duke (Fr.) |
2 | 32 | Ivica Zubac | Croatia | C | Mega Leks (Serbia) | |
2017 | 1 | 2 | Lonzo Ball | United States | PG | UCLA |
1 | 28 | Tony Bradley (traded to Utah) | United States | C | Utah | |
2018 | 1 | 25 | Moritz Wagner (from Cleveland via Portland and Cleveland) | Germany | PF | Michigan |
2 | 39 | Isaac Bonga (from New York via Philadelphia) | Germany | PG | Skyliners Frankfurt (Germany) | |
2018 | 2 | 47 | Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk (from Denver via Utah and Chicago) | Ukraine | SG | Kansas |
2019 | 1 | 4 | De'Andre Hunter (traded to Atlanta) | United States | SF | Virginia (So.) |
2 | 46 | Talen Horton-Tucker (from Orlando via Brooklyn, Charlotte and Memphis) | United States | SF | Iowa State (Fr.) | |
2020 | 1 | 28 | Jaden McDaniels (traded to Minnesota via Oklahoma City) | United States | SF | Washington (Fr.) |
2021 | 1 | 22 | Isaiah Jackson (After getting drafted by the Lakers his draft rights went to the Pacers) | United States | C/PF | Kentucky (Fr.) |
Footnotes[]
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References[]
- General
- "Los Angeles Lakers Draft Register". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- "Hall of Famers". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- "Lakers: Lakers Retired Numbers". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
- "Lakers Media Guide 2007-08". zmags.com. Archived from the original on May 2, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
- Specific
- ^ Staples Center: About Staples Center Archived 2012-06-26 at WebCite
- ^ Reavis, Tracey (2000). The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-50130-9.
- ^ a b "Evolution of the Draft and Lottery". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ "NBA Postseason Awards: Rookie of the Year". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ "ESPN – NBA – Daily Dime: Special Edition 10 Greatest Point Guards Ever". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
- ^ "Jim Fritsche Statistics – Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "TheDraftReview – Harvey Schmidt". TheDraftReview.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "Wayne Yates Statistics – Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "TheDraftReview – Fred Sawyer". TheDraftReview.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "Gene Wiley Statistics – Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "Roger Strickland Statistics – Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "John Fairchild Statistics – Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "Earnie Killum Statistics – Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "Billy Schaeffer Statistics – Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "TheDraftReview – John Perry". TheDraftReview.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "TheDraftReview – Lew Massey". TheDraftReview.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "TheDraftReview – Victor King". TheDraftReview.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "TheDraftReview – mark Young". TheDraftReview.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "TheDraftReview – Harvey Knuckles". TheDraftReview.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "TheDraftReview – Elvis Rolle". TheDraftReview.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Lakers Media Guide". zmags.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
- ^ a b c "Lakers Media Guide". zmags.com. Archived from the original on May 2, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
- ^ "1998 Draft Day Trades". TheDraftReview.com. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
- ^ "NBA.com: Complete First Round Results -- 2000-07". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
- ^ "2005 Outstanding Trades". NBADraft.net. 2005-04-02. Archived from the original on 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ "Lakers: Lakers Acquire Odom, Butler, Grant and a Future First Rounder for Shaq". NBA.com. 2004-08-07. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ "Maurice Evans – Los Angeles Lakers – Maurice Evans Stats". LosAngelesLakersOnline.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ "Lakers: Lakers Trade Jumaine Jones to Bobcats For a Future Second Round Pick". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ "Knicks Acquire Draft Rights to Toney Douglas". NBA.com. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
- ^ "Heat Acquire Draft Rights to Patrick Beverley". NBA.com. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
- ^ "Lakers Acquire Gasol From Grizzlies". NBA.com. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
- ^ "Nets Acquire Vujacic & Two 1st-Round Picks in 3-Team Trade". NBA.com. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
- ^ "Lakers Trade Draft Rights To Chukwudiebere Maduabum". NBA.com. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
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