With less than ten minutes to go before the NBA draft, one ESPN employee in particular seemed pretty sure about where the Lakers might go.
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"“We’ve been hearing Okafor consistently for almost a month now, but now our latest intel looks like they might take D’Angelo Russell at number two.”"
Ford goes on to say how this might shake up the rest of the draft, and his quote pretty perfectly summarized how tonight will probably play out. Okafor makes much more sense to the Lakers as the next big man upon which the Lakers’ tent will hang than selecting a point guard to take time away from Jordan Clarkson.
Might this be another smokescreen to further scare Philly? Maybe.
Might this be a pick made to satisfy George Karl’s trade demands? *Mind blown*
No matter what, we’re minutes away from the Lakers being considerably better than they were only months ago.