The Los Angeles Lakers welcomed another wave of 2018 NBA Draft prospects to their UCLA Health Training Center on Monday, with St. John’s guard Shamorie Ponds among those to participate.
Unlike a few others the Lakers have invited for a pre-draft workout, Ponds was not part of the group who was on hand for the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago. “It definitely adds more fuel to the fire,” Ponds said of the snub.
“I definitely should’ve been there but you can’t do anything about it now but show out in the workouts.” With the Lakers, that meant proving his mettle on both ends of the court.