Revealing the secrets of the Lakers' scouting department: owner Jenny has two good brothers The Zijin Army won again in this year's draft

In the 2023 draft, the Lakers used the No. 17 pick to select Jalen Hood Schiffino and the No. 40 pick to Maxwell Lewis. For the Lakers' draft work this year, industry insiders generally applauded.

In this draft, the Lakers' goal is clear, considering that the Lakers' frontcourt strength is already good, the Lakers' goal is to introduce taller guards and wings. Hood Sifino was predicted to be selected between the 10-20 pick, and the Lakers got him with the No. 17 pick. Lewis was predicted to be drafted early in the second round, and the Lakers got him with the No. 40 pick. Lakers reporter Buha said: "The Lakers have found valuable players with both picks. ”

Hood Schiffino is only 20 years old, he is 6-foot-6, has a 6-foot-10 arm span, averaged 13.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists at Indiana University last season. Pelinka is very optimistic about Hood Xifino's defense, believing that the rookie has excellent physical conditions to be a good defender, can disrupt the opponent's passing route, and can interfere with the opponent's shooting.

The downside of Hood Siffino is that he doesn't shoot well from three-point range, shooting just 33.3 percent from three-point range and 30.4 percent from three-point range from the field. However, the Lakers are very optimistic about the development of Hood Siffino, and they believe that he can grow into a solid puzzle piece after being signed by the Lakers like Austin Reeves.

'We think Reeves is a good reference, he wasn't a lethal shooter when he came in, but now he is because he trains with our coaching staff.

Lewis, who turns 21 next month, has great athleticism and has the potential to become a 3-D player with shooting skills above Hood Schiffino.

In recent years, the Lakers have been fruitful in drafting, digging out and losing drafts, and the Lakers' most successful selection is not using high picks to select Ingram, Lonzo Ball, D'Angelo Russell, and Randle. In fact, the Lakers used the bottom picks in the first round to poach Kuzma, Josh Hart, Larry Nance Jr., used second-round picks to select Zubac, Jordan Clarkson, and dug out excellent undrafted picks such as Carusso and Reeves, which are more brilliant and receive more praise.

These are all thanks to the two younger brothers of Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, Jesse Buss and Joey Buss, Jesse is in charge of the scouting department, Joey is in charge of the Lakers Development League team, the former is responsible for digging up new stars, digging out unknown but valuable players to send to the latter, the brothers have created a low-pick pick, undrafted production line.

Today, the value of the Lakers' scouting department is increasingly recognized, and Sam Veseny, a draft expert at The Athletic, said: "I'm not sure which teams have been comparable to the Lakers in recent years, and the Lakers have completed a large number of low picks and undrafted Taobao." After this year's draft, John Hollinger also said that perhaps the Lakers' selection is debatable, but given the Lakers' scouting team's resume in recent years, it's hard to question their selection.