Or all three.

Jordan started 21 of his 35 games with the Aggies last season, averaging 20.1 minutes, 7.9 points and 6.0 rebounds a game. He's got physical gifts, including a long wingspan, athleticism, great hands, and an ability to finish, but he's real raw, not fundamentally sound and needs to get stronger. And there were questions as a collegian about his maturity level.

He turns 20 on July 21, but at this point is being compared to a young Andrew Bynum--and that's the best case scenario. The Clippers shouldn't and probably won't expect him to contribute much right away, but if they handle him properly they could, indeed, have a steal.

Taylor is an interesting story. He's the first player to be selected in the NBA draft out of the D-League; he'd played for the Idaho Stampede, averaging 14.5 points and 4.3 assists, scoring 20 or more points on 11 occasions and hitting four three-pointers in a three-minute span in Idaho's league championship clinching victory in Game 3 of the league finals against Austin.

He'd previously played at Iowa State, where he scored 16.0 points and logged 4.5 assists in his junior season before being asked to leave for academic reasons. According to the DraftExpress web site, he's "always looking to push the ball," and was "the quickest player up and down the floor" all week during the pre-draft camp in Orlando. The scouting report on him is that he's undersized for a shooting guard but "lacks the true point guard skills to handle the 'one' full time," according to the web site.

Since the Clippers are woefully undermanned at the point, he'll get a good, long look.

They selected Joe Crawford out of Kentucky with their second-round pick, the 58th selection.

Crawford is a 6-4 shooting guard.

He averaged 17.9 points during his senior year at Kentucky.

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With the 58th pick, the Western Conference champs selected shooting guard Joe Crawford from Kentucky.

Crawford is listed at 6-foot-4, 213 pounds.

They Lakers traded away their first-round pick in the midseason deal to acquire Pau Gasol.

With the No. 7 overall pick, the Clippers selected Eric Gordon, a 6-foot-3 point guard from Indiana University. Gordon led the Big Ten in scoring at 20.9 points per game in his only collegiate season, including 10 games with 25 points or more.

With their selection in the second round, the Clippers took DeAndre Jordan, a 6-11 center from Texas A&M. Jordan, who also left school after his freshman season, averaged 7.9 points, 6.0 rebounds in 20.1 minutes over 35 games. He had only two double-doubles, including a season-best game with 16 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks in just 20 minutes against Rice.

Jackson's motto has always been to be in the moment.

His team lost in the NBA Finals to the Boston Celtics, getting hammered in Game 6.

His players have spent time reviewing all their wrongs.

Jackson was asked Friday at the team's exit interviews, if like the players, he wondered about making the right moves or the wrong moves.

``I try not to get too caught up in that,'' Jackson said. ``I try to learn from history. I just try not to repeat it. If you get too obsessed with it, then you get in a position where you might just accidently repeat what you've done wrong by trying to eliminate a mistake.''

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For Kobe Bryant, that is a funny thing to hear.

He was asked if being picked as the favorites might be a burden for the Lakers.

``No, it'll just be comical, because it'll be the same people that said we were soft like two months ago picking us to win the championship,'' Bryant said. ``We don't listen to that stuff, man. We just do what we got to do to get better and understanding that next year is a whole another ballgame.''

-- Broderick Turner
-- bturner@PE.com