As a 6’0 guard who won Florida’s “Mr. Basketball” award three times and then captured a national championship at North Carolina, Joel Berry II has already become a master of defying the odds. And even though he went unselected in the 2018 NBA Draft, by getting a training camp invite from the Los Angeles Lakers, Berry has given himself a chance to exceed expectations once again.
Berry would already be pulling off an upset were he to even make a Lakers roster that already has the maximum of 15 guaranteed contracts and both of its two-way contracts used up, but when asked what goals he’s set for himself as a rookie, Berry told Drew Ruiz of Hoops Hype that he’s aiming even higher than that (emphasis mine):
JB: I’ve set high goals for myself.