<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The goal for the Lakers will be to find a player in the lottery who will be able to contribute. Not right away. Not be a franchise player. Not a player to build around. But he has to be a player who shows the potential and skills to be very, very solid -- perhaps even a force -- in the NBA for years to come. The Lakers wound up with the 10th pick in Tuesday's NBA Draft Lottery, just where Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak figured his team would be. Kupchak knows he is up against it, that fans expect him and his staff of scouts and basketball gurus to find a talent who will push the Lakers back into the playoffs and make them a championship contender. It's not impossible to find a good player -- and maybe even a great one -- at No. 10. The last time the Lakers were in the lottery, in 1994, they used the 10th pick to select Eddie Jones, and he has turned out to be a very good player. Perhaps the best player taken at the No. 10 spot was Paul Pierce by the Boston Celtics in 1998. Pierce is a four-time All-Star and known as one of the better players in the NBA. </div> Source
