List of Los Angeles Lakers first and second round draft picks

The Los Angeles Lakers joined the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1948 as the Minneapolis Lakers, but moved to Los Angeles, California in 1960, where they have been located ever since. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, which they share with fellow NBA team the Los Angeles Clippers, and their sister team the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA. [ [http://www.staplescenter.com/doublecol.php?section=about&page=aboutstaplescenter Staples Center :: About :: About STAPLES Center] ] The Minneapolis Lakers took its official name from Minnesota's nickname, Land of 10,000 Lakes. The Lakers name is still used in the franchise. [cite book |author=Reavis, Tracey|title=The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia | year=2000 | publisher= Doubleday|isbn=978-0385501309] The Lakers are generally regarded as one of the NBA's most successful franchises. [cite web|url=http://www.kareem-lakers.com/lakers.html|title=Los Angeles Lakers Info|publisher=Kareem-Lakers.com|accessdate=2008-06-23]

To help teams 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 convert|50|mi|km|lk=off. Territorial picks were then eliminated when the draft was revamped in 1966.cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/draft_evolution.html |title=Evolution of the Draft and Lottery |publisher=NBA.com |accessdate=2008-06-08] 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.cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/draft_evolution.html |title=Evolution of the Draft and Lottery |publisher=NBA.com |accessdate=2008-03-18] Teams can also trade their picks, so some years a team could have more than or less than two picks.

At the time the NBA Draft started, the NBA was called BAA, the abbreviation for the Basketball Association of America. The Lakers selected Chuck Hanger with their first pick, ninth overall in the 1948 BAA Draft. The Lakers got their first 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. [cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/awards_rookieofyear.html|title=NBA POSTSEASON AWARDS: Rookie of the Year |publisher=NBA.com|accessdate=2008-06-08] 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. [cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dailydime-GreatestPointGuards|title=ESPN - NBA - DAILY DIME: SPECIAL EDITON 10 greatest point guards ever|publisher=ESPN.com|accessdate=2008-06-14] The Lakers had no first round draft picks from 1967, 1976, 1978, and 1980. 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.

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*note label|Note1|a|aThe Los Angeles Lakers traded Tom Hawkins to Cincinnati for a future draft pick (Jim King).cite web|url=http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=prwgh#/page252/|title=Lakers Media Guide|publisher=zmags.com|accessdate=2008-06-30]
*note label|Note2|b|bThe Los Angeles Lakers traded Rick Roberson to Cleveland for a future draft pick (Jim Price) and cash.cite web|url=http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=prwgh#/page252/|title=Lakers Media Guide|publisher=zmags.com|accessdate=2008-06-30]
*note label|Note3|c|cThe Los Angeles Lakers traded John Tresvant to Baltimore for a future draft pick (Paul Stovall).cite web|url=http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=prwgh#/page252/|title=Lakers Media Guide|publisher=zmags.com|accessdate=2008-06-30]
*note label|Note4|d|dThe Los Angeles Lakers traded Jim Cleamons to Cleveland for a future draft pick (Kermit Washington).cite web|url=http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=prwgh#/page252/|title=Lakers Media Guide|publisher=zmags.com|accessdate=2008-06-30]
*note label|Note5|e|eThe Los Angeles Lakers traded Flynn Robinson to Baltimore for future considerations.cite web|url=http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=prwgh#/page252/|title=Lakers Media Guide|publisher=zmags.com|accessdate=2008-06-30]
*note label|Note6|f|fThe Los Angeles Lakers traded Pat Riley to Phoenix in exchange for two future draft picks (Earl Tatum and ?).cite web|url=http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=prwgh#/page252/|title=Lakers Media Guide|publisher=zmags.com|accessdate=2008-06-30]
*note label|Note7|g|gThe Los Angeles Lakers traded Malvin Calvin to San Antonio for 1977 first round draft pick (Brad Davis) and cash.cite web|url=http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=prwgh#/page252/|title=Lakers Media Guide|publisher=zmags.com|accessdate=2008-06-30]
*note label|Note8|h|hThe Los Angeles Lakers traded Lucius Allen to Kansas City for Ollie Johnson and a first and second round (Lew Massey) draft picks in 1978.cite web|url=http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=prwgh#/page252/|title=Lakers Media Guide|publisher=zmags.com|accessdate=2008-06-30]
*note label|Note9|i|iThe Los Angeles Lakers traded Charlie Scott to Denver for Ron Boone and two second round draft picks (Victor King and Butch Carter).cite web|url=http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=prwgh#/page252/|title=Lakers Media Guide|publisher=zmags.com|accessdate=2008-06-30]
*note label|Note10|j|jThe Los Angeles Lakers traded Tom Abernethy to Buffalo for a second round draft pick (Mark Young).cite web|url=http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=prwgh#/page252/|title=Lakers Media Guide|publisher=zmags.com|accessdate=2008-06-30]
*note label|Note11|k|kThe Los Angeles Lakers traded Kenny Carr for two second round draft picks (Wayne Robinson and Harvey Knuckles).cite web|url=http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=prwgh#/page252/|title=Lakers Media Guide|publisher=zmags.com|accessdate=2008-06-30]
*note label|Note12|l|lThe Los Angeles Lakers traded Don Ford and a first round draft pick (Chad Kinch) to Cleveland in exchange for Butch Lee and a first round draft pick in the 1982 draft (James Worthy).cite web|url=http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=prwgh#/page252/|title=Lakers Media Guide|publisher=zmags.com|accessdate=2008-06-30]
*note label|Note13|m|mThe Los Angeles Lakers traded Mike Smrek to San Antonio for a 1990 second round draft pick (Tony Smith).cite web|url=http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=prwgh#/page254/|title=Lakers Media Guide|publisher=zmags.com|accessdate=2008-06-30]
*note label|Note14|n|nThe Los Angeles Lakers traded Doug Christie to New York in exchange for two second round draft picks (Paul Rogers and ?).cite web|url=http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=prwgh#/page254/|title=Lakers Media Guide|publisher=zmags.com|accessdate=2008-06-30]
*note label|Note15|o|oThe Los Angeles Lakers traded George Lynch and Anthony Peeler to Vancouver in exchange for future considerations.cite web|url=http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=prwgh#/page254/|title=Lakers Media Guide|publisher=zmags.com|accessdate=2008-06-30]
*note label|Note16|p|pThe Los Angeles Lakers traded draft rights to Toby Bailey to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for future considerations. [cite web|url=http://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3076&Itemid=123|title=1998 Draft Day Trades|publisher=TheDraftReview.com|accessdate=2008-06-29]
*note label|Note17|q|qToronto traded Tracy Murray and draft rights to Kareem Rush to L.A. Lakers for Lindsey Hunter and draft rights to Chris Jefferies. [cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/draft_round1_2000s.html|title=NBA.com: Complete First Round Results -- 2000-07|publisher=NBA.com|accessdate=2008-06-18]
*note label|Note18|r|rThe Los Angeles Lakers have traded guard Kareem Rush to the Charlotte Bobcats for two future second round draft picks (Ronny Turiaf and TBA). The Bobcats have acquired a second round pick (Ronny Turiaf) in the 2005 NBA Draft from Atlanta in exchange for forward/center Predrag Drobnjak. Atlanta Hawks acquired centers Michael Doleac (from the New York Knicks) and Joel Przybilla (from the Milwaukee Bucks), along with a 2005 second-round pick from the Knicks (Ronny Turiaf), while sending center Nazr Mohammed to the Knicks in the three-way trade. The 2005 selection will be the better of the two second-rounders the Knicks currently own. [cite web |url=http://www.nbadraft.net/2005draftnotes.html|title=2005 Outstanding Trades|publisher=NBADraft.net|date=2005-04-02|accessdate=2008-06-19]
*note label|Note19|s|sThe Los Angeles Lakers have acquired forward Lamar Odom, forward Caron Butler, forward Brian Grant and a future first round draft pick (Jordan Farmar) from the Miami Heat in exchange for center Shaquille O’Neal. [cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/odom_shaq_trade_040714.html|title=LAKERS: Lakers Acquire Odom, Butler, Grant and a Future First Rounder for Shaq|publisher=NBA.com|date=2004-08-07|accessdate=2008-06-19]
*note label|Note20|t|tThe Los Angeles Lakers traded draft rights to center Cheikh Samb in exchange for Maurice Evans. [cite web |url=http://www.losangeleslakersonline.com/maurice-evans.php|title=Maurice Evans - Los Angeles Lakers - Maurice Evans Stats|publisher=LosAngelesLakersOnline.com|accessdate=2008-06-19]
*note label|Note21|u|uThe Los Angeles Lakers have traded forward Jumaine Jones to the Charlotte Bobcats for a 2007 second round draft pick (Sun Yue). [cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/jones_051026.html|title=LAKERS: Lakers Trade Jumaine Jones to Bobcats For a Future Second Round Pick|publisher=NBA.com|accessdate=2008-06-19]

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