Lakers to drop first-round draft pick

Lakers' general manager Mitch Kupchak has confirmed this, stating it was a "better than even likelihood" possibility.
He added: "There's a lot of interest, absolutely.
"Certain teams, they may want to preserve cap space for the next year or two and they may need to add players. A good way to add talent at a fixed price is to have a lot of draft choices and then you can still maintain cap space a year from now."
For now, the NBA champions seem to be reserving their roster space to re-sign Trevor Ariza, Shannon Brown and Lamar Odom, who are set to become unrestricted free agents on July 1.
Kupchak said: "With our situation, you don't want to draft players that can't make your team because your roster's full.
"So we may look to move or to exchange our draft picks for future picks or whatever we choose to do."
With their point guard Derek Fisher set to retire, Kupchak admits he has an eye out for a successor;
"We have Jordan (Farmar), who's had moments when he looks like the guy who could assume that position and Shannon Brown did a great job as well, but I think that position in the future is still undetermined.
"We need to figure out who is going to take over that position when Derek retires."
Fisher, who is approaching 35, was the 24th pick by the LA Lakers in the 1996 NBA Draft, and won four NBA Championships with the team.