The guy the Lakers actually kept...

The number 59 pick seems to have stayed with LA... Chinemelu "Junior" Elonu (6'10" PF/C, Nigeria/Texas A&M, age 22) He didn't even have a Draft Express profile. The only YouTube link was a short clip of a tame dunk videotaped from a small, flickering TV screen. Oh, and a clip of him being introduced at a football game. The "take" I delievered at the time of his workout for the Blazers was this: "A 'poke' is an old slang name for a bag, so if you buy 'a pig in a poke,' you don't get a look at him..." Wasted draft pick, methinks.

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by intuitive on Jun 25, 2009 9:56 PM PDT reply actions

their other draft picks werent exactly gamechangers….if anything they were a message to sasha and farmar to get it in gear or else they are going to face competition. And plan D back up plans if Ariza and brown dont come back.

number 59 may also be a sign that mbenga might be out of a job if he ask for too much.

by robi s on Jun 25, 2009 10:27 PM PDT reply actions

DJ can’t ask for a new contract. His contract is only up if Mitch decides not to pick up his option.

by intuitive on Jun 25, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions

well its good to know the human victory cigar is gonna be back for yet another year.

by robi s on Jun 25, 2009 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Here’s some more info about him, doesn’t look like we’re going to keep him.

http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2009/06/lakers-select-chinemelu-elonu-with-the-59th-pick.html

by intuitive on Jun 25, 2009 10:28 PM PDT reply actions

No, I don’t think we did anything in this draft but save money and collect future 2nd round picks, which in my opinion makes it a very successful draft if you are interested in playing for the present at a potential championship level for a few years. The future picks might come in handy down the line too, possible trade bait once it’s time to go out a get us a serious PG.

by Samurai on Jun 25, 2009 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions

haha CP3?

once kobe retires, we could easily plug in a CP3 or roy : )

by robi s on Jun 25, 2009 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, that might be stretching it a bit though. I kind of wanted them to land Ty Lawson in this draft but I didn’t figure that had a chance in hell of happening. It’s the Tar Heel junkie in me!

by Samurai on Jun 25, 2009 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions

I was with you...

Ty Lawson would have fit beautifully with us. I would have traded all my draft picks for him.

by matt92130 on Jun 28, 2009 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions

and his twitter

http://twitter.com/chinemeluelonu

by intuitive on Jun 25, 2009 11:52 PM PDT reply actions

Has anyone heard about this Legends event with some type of poker deal wrapped into it with Kareem and Jerry West? I caught a commercial about it the other day one t.v.

by Jmoore33 on Jun 26, 2009 1:52 PM PDT reply actions