The Los Angeles Lakers reportedly drafted shooting guard Jalen Hood-Schifino with the 17th overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft as a potential replacement for Austin Reaves.
“It remains to be seen how free agency will play out in the coming days, but according to league sources, the Lakers’ two top targets in the 2023 NBA Draft were Hood-Schifino and Kobe Bufkin, another guard who was selected 15th overall by the Atlanta Hawks just two picks before L.A.,” wrote Daniel Starkand of Lakers Nation.
“The reason the Lakers were so high on both guards is they saw them as potential replacements for Reaves should an offer sheet price them out of bringing the restricted free agent back, league sources tell Lakers Nation.”
