The Los Angeles Lakers hold the second overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft and they will have a chance to get a top-level talent. But will the Lakers keep their pick or trade it for a marquee player?

Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak admitted that they are open to trading their first-round pick in the upcoming draft, but they will only trade their pick for an offer that is hard to turn down.

"It would have to be a heck of an opportunity for us to consider doing something like that," Kupchak said of trading their second overall pick.

The Lakers, who finished with a franchise-worst 21-61 record last season, will have the chance to draft either Karl-Anthony Towns of Kentucky or Jahlil Okafor of Duke, depending on who the Minnesota Timberwolves will select with their first overall pick.

Kupchak admitted that they will listen to trade offers involving a top talent, who could help them become a contender again next season, which will likely be the final season of Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant.

"If you came across something that made your team better quicker, it would probably be a veteran, then that's something you would consider," Kupchak said.

Kupchak quickly added, though, that keeping the pick will also put the Lakers in a desirable situation. Aside from taking a talented young big man, they will also save a lot of money because the player they will draft will cost way lower than the salary of a proven superstar in the league.

The Lakers, who failed to advance to the playoffs for two consecutive seasons, have already started scouting draft prospects. They held pre-draft workouts on Tuesday and took a look at T.J. McConnell of Arizona, Bryce Dejean-Jones of Iowa State, Kevin Pangos of Gonzaga, Dez Wells of Northern Iowa and Maurice Walker of Minnesota.

The six players, who underwent several drills on Tuesday, will be considered by the Lakers for their 27th and 34th picks. Kupchak said that they will bring at least four players before deciding who to select with their second overall pick in the rookie selection.

"We'll probably bring in as many as the representatives will allow us to bring in," Kupchak said via ESPN. "If the representative feels that we're not genuine in considering that player at No. 2, they probably wouldn't send them in. So we'd like to bring in as many as possible. There's a conception that there are four players there as top-two candidates."

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