The Los Angeles Lakers currently hold the second-worst record in the NBA, putting them in prime position to keep their top-three protected pick. However, having the second-worst record doesn’t always guarantee a top-two pick. With the misfortune that they do not get a top-two pick, the team will have an array of options of who to draft with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft.
Many have said all year that it will either be Josh Jackson out of Kansas, or even Dennis Smith Jr. out of NC State, but with Jayson Tatum’s recent play one has to wonder just how well would he fit with the current Lakers and the route they are taking.