Duke had two players selected in the lottery and four players among the first 31 picks.
As Lonzo walked on stage to meet Commissioner Adam Silver and put on a purple Lakers hat, LaVar put on a gold and purple Big Baller Brand hat, the company he has started.
The Philadelphia 76ers took Fultz with the No. 1 pick and the Lakers followed by taking Ball, with the point guards from the Pac-12 Conference beginning a run of seven straight freshmen.
Just like at the 2016 NBA Draft, one year later the NBA gathered at the Barclays Center to disperse the incoming rookie class. The deal was first reported on Saturday and when it was apparent the trade was going to occur, Fultz quickly worked out for the 76ers.
"When I heard my name called, it was like God calling me", Fultz said after being selected.
"I want to say thank you for this opportunity, first, and I'm just looking forward to this", said Fultz.
In his one season at the Washington University, Fultz led all freshmen with 23.2 points, and also averaged 5.7 rebounds and 5.9 assists in 25 games.
The 6-foot-4 (1.93 m) guard becomes the second consecutive number one overall pick by Philadelphia, following forward Ben Simmons previous year.
While Fultz may have been the best player in the draft, the Lakers may have gotten the most entertaining player in Lonzo Ball, a pass-happy point guard who can make the players around him better.
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The selection comes after the Celtics traded the top pick to Philadelphia earlier in the week for the No. 3 pick, plus a first-rounder in either 2018 or 2019.
U of A Freshmen sensation Lauri Markkanen was selected 7th overall in the National Basketball Association draft by the Timberwolves, and ended up getting traded to the Chicago Bulls.
Fox ended up in the same state as Ball, who he outplayed when Kentucky ousted UCLA in the NCAA Tournament.
Silver has talked about changing the NBA's limit, saying the current rule that American-born players must be 19 and a year out of high school, but teams seem just fine with the current system.
Experts said this draft had the most depth of talent in years - a good thing for the 29 teams who are not the Warriors, who have built a superteam that's won two of the past three championships, and is poised for more in the coming years.
Long before the first one-and-done prospect even declared this year, National Basketball Association executives were salivating over the crop of point guards, including Fultz, Ball, De'Aaron Fox of Kentucky, Dennis Smith Jr. of North Carolina State and French product Frank Ntilikina. Fultz's five games with 30 or more points are the most in a single season in UW history, and he also broke the single season scoring record for a UW freshman with 579 points.
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