One player who has yet to see any minutes with the Los Angeles Lakers is last year’s first round pick, point guard Jalen Hood-Schifino as he has been practicing with the South Bay Lakers ahead of their sold out G League season opener on Saturday night.
Even still, Hood-Schifino was in the news recently as the Lakers declined to pick up his third-year option for next year, which would seem to indicate the team may feel they missed on this draft pick. Hood-Schifino was the youngest player in the 2023 draft class and is viewed as more of a project, but with immediate impact players such Jaime Jaquez and Brandin Podziemski taken right after, many fans want to see more.