BREAKING: Los Angeles Lakers Select Anthony Brown with Thirty-Fourth Pick in 2015 NBA Draft.

By Peyton Wesner

"With the thirty-fourth pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, the Los Angeles Lakers select Anthony Brown from Stanford University."

He may not have been the best player on the 2014-2015 Stanford Cardinal NIT Championship team, but he was the only one drafted on Thursday night as small forward Anthony Brown will be taking his talents five and a half hours south of Palo Alto, California to Los Angeles to begin his NBA career for the purple and gold. 

The six foot, seven inch, sharpshooter was the second collgiate Senior to be selected by the Lakers in a string of eight picks (twenty-seventh to thirty-fourth) as they took Larry Nance Jr. from Wyoming with the twenty-seventh pick. 

Although Anthony Brown has average athleticism compared to others at his position, he is a spectacular three point shooter as he shot 44.1% from beyond the arc (better than lottery picks D'Angelo Russell and Frank Kaminsky). In fact, a little over forty-three percent of his points last season came from made three pointers! With his accuracy from downtown comes Brown's ability to rebound the basketball. In sixteen of the California native's thirty-seven games during his Senior season, he grabbed eight or more rebounds, including twelve pulled down in the 2015 NIT Championship against the University of Miami (Florida) and thirteen ripped down against conference rival Colorado on the road. 

A concern in Brown's game rises at his inconsistancy on a gamely basis and offensive passiveness during the course of a game. Even though there will be times next year that he will need to allow guards Kobe Bryant and D'Angelo Russell to penetrate and score the basketball, Brown must always be ready to catch a pass and knock down the open trey as a three point specialist. 

2015-2016 Projected Starting Lineup

PG-Jordan Clarkson

***2014-2015 All-Rookie First Team 

---11.9 PPG, 3.2 RPG, & 3.5 APG.

SG-Kobe Bryant

---22.3 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 5.6 APG, & 1.3 SPG.

SF-Nick Young

---13.4 PPG & 2.3 RPG.

PF-Julius Randle

---15.0 PPG & 10.4 RPG. (At University of Kentucky)

C-Jordan Hill 

---12.0 PPG & 7.9 RPG.

6th-D'Angelo Russell 

---19.3 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 5.0 APG, & 1.6 SPG. (At Ohio State University)