Lakers Draft: Team To Have Dinner With Jahlil Okafor

If somebody would have told you earlier in the year that the Lakers would have a realistic shot at selecting Jahlil Okafor in the upcoming 2015 NBA Draft, would you have believed that person? Probably not, but that in fact has become reality.

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The Minnesota Timberwolves are going to go with Karl-Anthony Towns. He’s the best player in this draft and unless they know something we don’t, they would be foolish to do otherwise.

That leaves Blue Devil available to the Lakers at the number two slot and today the two will meet. According to Kevin Ding of Bleacher Report, the Lakers and Okafor will have dinner together in Los Angeles:

This isn’t exactly breaking news, the Lakers had dinner with Emmanuel Mudiay and D’Angelo Russell before their workout as well. However, Okafor is the projected pick and this could determine the decision the Lakers make on June 25th.

Okafor is coming off a National Championship with Duke and now looks to be a franchise player for the next decade or more. Is Okafor too talented to pass up? We will see, but odds are that he’s probably wearing a Laker hat on draft night.