Early in the season, when the Los Angeles Lakers were boggeddown in a awful 2-10 begin, there was worry they would end up providing a extremely high draft choice this summerseason to the New Orleans Pelicans.
Per the terms of 2019’s Anthony Davis trade, the Pelicans had the right to swap first-round chooses with L.A. this year. When the Purple and Gold hadahardtime in October and November, there was even a bit of worry the choice the group may provide up the No. 1 choice general, significance it would’ve gaveup the rights to French phenom Victor Wembanyama.
Instead, the Lakers turned things around, beginning in February, and kept their choice (No. 17).
They justrecently worked out a extremely appealing possibility who might be taken with that No. 17 choose,