Following weeks of anticipation, the Los Angeles Lakers finally let the cat out of the bag with the selection of UCLA point guard Lonzo Ball with the second overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft on Thursday night.
But long before all that happened he was playing the crowd to perfection, soaking in the cheers and boos and later turning the Barclays Center crowd in his favor as the evening played out. Expect the Maryland bred point guard be a major asset into the "trust the process" movement Joel Embiid has started as he rounds up a core of young talents as he joins Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid and Dario Saric.
That trend continued on Thursday night, when Ball crowed that he had been predicting his son's path to a Lakers uniform "for 19 or 20 years".
Fultz averaged 23.2 points last season at Washington, tops among freshmen, and added 5.9 assists and 5.7 rebounds per game, the only Division I player to reach those stats. "But every top draft pick that comes in has a target on their back".
Making matters worse for the rookie, players on the 76ers went out of their way to bash LaVar and Lonzo while the father was giving an interview on ESPN.
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Love him or hate him, you can not help but hate-watch the walking-talking BBB billboard of 24-7 marketing, hype and social media savvy in LaVar. "But it was just scheduling issues and it was a little delayed for me to get out there". "It's going to be a surprise for you [media] and me", Lonzo said.
"To Brook Lopez, a huge personal thank you for your integrity and commitment to the team over the last nine years", Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov said in a statement. "We're going to get ours tomorrow".
"I'm sure [Lonzo will] fit into our culture".
"My dad loved him and loved the way the Lakers played".
The Lakers had 2 ½ minutes left on the clock when Ball's agent handed him a phone. "I think if you use a sports analogy in another sport-football-you look at passers like Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers that just have an ability to do something that is so special with where they put the ball and where they deliver it". "Lonzo is going to be a Laker, and he's going to be part of what we do on the court with the other players that we have, but LaVar is his own person".
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