Its a perimeter game now, just look at the playoff teams from this season, and Lakers draft star wing players compared to big men in their history. I wouldn't be against it, but if Towns is there at 2, Lakers will take him easily. If Towns gets taken at 1 though, and its between Jahlil & Mudiay, I won't be opposed to taking Mudiay imo. 
The draft can't come soon enough. Plus The Logo Jerry West was at his private workout and was impressed too.
Problem is there won't be another Duncan ever though more than likely, just like there won't be another Jordan. AD is the best big men to come out since Duncan, but his game as of now is more of a KG type of face up game compared to Duncan's classic back to the basket game. AD can still develop an elite post up game if he wants later on. Spacing is the biggest must have now in basketball so much that you can't even play two prototypical big men together anymore without it being spacing death. Just imagine if AD had more outside shooters, the league is his for the taking. If you want to post up in today's NBA, you better be really good passing out of double teams like Marc Gasol or you are blackhole status like Big Al, Pek, etc. And if you don't have a post up game, you better be a defensive anchor or a good pick n roll defender like Howard, Bogut, Jordan, Noah, etc or you are worthless. It takes too many variables for there to be another Duncan, especially with today's schemes and defenses that would prefer iso post ups from big men because it kills ball movement and you can take advantage of big men out in transition immediately after a miss. With the way the NBA is shaping, I highly doubt there is going to be another Duncan, unless Jahlil miraculously becomes an elite defender and MVP that nobody is aware of.
There won't be another Duncan, but there will be another generational post player soon, evolution demands it. The spacing of the game will naturally just lead to someone being a monster on the block again, like the older Gawds used to be, back during the long long ago. We will see someone that is special on the low block again, I don't know where they're going to come from, part of me thinks Europe, another part of me is hoping he's already here and will be playing Summer league next month.
Think of it breh, a team with a post player, a PG that can hit the 3, and 3 other guys on the floor that can also hit the 3. How do you defend the guy in the post?
The evolution of big men seems to be bigs that can stretch the floor rather than post up, wouldn't the next evolution be bigs that could consistently hit 3's next and get even further away from the post? Especially once the next era of big men take to Anthony Davis' game, especially his off the dribble game on slow big men that can't keep in front of him. 
Joel been out the game so long I can't believe I forgot about him. If the Sixers take Russell, all they need is nothing but shooters and develop more 3 & D players like Covington, than AD might have a challenger for his best big man crown in Joel. I'm just wondering if they would ship out Noel or not. Joel & Noel don't look like there games will fit offensively. 
Blame KG for influencing these era of big men of wanting to be on the perimeter than wanting to be Duncan and not wanting to bang down low and avoiding contact. If you go by the evolution of bigs going away from the basket, there might be a better chance we see a 7 foot Steve Nash type of great big man shooter than another big that could ever do what Duncan can. Just look at the greatest big men in recent history, with Duncan, Hakeem, & Shaq in any order, there is a huge drop from that trio to there counter parts with no big men coming close to being anywhere on their level since the turn of the century and currently in basketball as well. Lakers need big men help ASAP, but if Towns is taken, which is more likely, than its open field on who to take imo. People probably think Mudiay is getting that same hype Exum was getting last year, but the Lakers are probably thinking that Mudiay might have the highest ceiling out of anyone outside of Towns. Russell can shoot, but he lack athleticism which may hinder what type of ceiling he could reach and he doesn't look like he will be much of a defender in the pro's unless he is on the right team (Philly). Jahlil gots the post up game down and is really good at passing out of double teams, but struggles on defense, especially 1 on 1 and nobody is sure how he can stretch the floor. Mudiay hasn't gone against college players and has no tape, but he has the athleticism and measurables that can make him a plus on both ends of the floor. He doesn't have Westbrook level of athleticism, the standard barrier for PG athleticism in NBA history, but if the Lakers take him, I won't be too mad imo. I'm sure Lakers will be taking a big man at the end of the day.
