The Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles Lakers, and Vladimir Radmanovic acknowledged the obvious, that his season mirrored that of the team — underwhelming and often frustrating.

The exit meetings continue today, with Lamar Odom and Kobe Bryant getting their time with Jackson and Kupchak.

Kwame 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.

Kwame 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," Kwame Brown said. "It's going to be a long summer, if so."

Walton will have a bit of a wait until the free-agency period begins July 1. He made $1.4 million this season and is in line for a significant pay raise despite a sub-par playoff run after averaging career highs with 11.4 points, five rebounds and 4.3 assists a game during the regular season.

Walton, 27, wants to stay with the Los Angeles Lakers, but is cognizant of the free-market concept.

"Like I've said before, in a perfect world, I'd be back here in L.A.," he said. "But you're only a free agent once or twice in your career, so I definitely have to go out there and see what's available."

One of the more surreal moments in an otherwise dour week took place with one of its most disappointing acquisitions. As Radmanovic met with the media, Kwame Brown stood off to the side and repeatedly whispered, "Why'd you jump off the mountain?"

Radmanovic, who laughed, eventually, at Kwame Brown's antics, was fined $500,000 by the Los Angeles Lakers in February for an unsanctioned snowboarding junket in which he sustained a separated right shoulder that cost him 24 games. He averaged a career-low 6.6 points a game this season.

"Frustrating season, definitely, and I'm a big part of it, as you all know," he said. "I'm going to try and put it behind me. I think I owe a lot to the organization and all Los Angeles Lakers fans. There were high expectations for my first year here. Obviously, I didn't prove any of them."

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