The Lakers began exit meetings Thursday afternoon, a procession line of players each taking 20-minute turns discussing their past and future with Coach Phil Jackson and General Manager Mitch Kupchak.

Afterward, Kwame Brown opened up the possibility of off-season ankle surgery, Luke Walton confirmed his desire to remain a member of the Lakers, and Vladimir Radmanovic acknowledged the obvious, that his season mirrored that of the team ? underwhelming and often frustrating.

Brown will be spending time in doctors' offices over the next week, revisiting specialists for shoulder and ankle problems that plagued him earlier and later in the season, respectively.

Brown, 25, missed the season's first seven games because of bursitis and a bruised rotator cuff in his right shoulder. More recently, he missed 33 games because of a severely sprained left ankle. Surgery remains a possibility, he said.

"That's what it's looking like," Brown said. "It's going to be a long summer, if so."