In this series, we will count down the days until the Lakers first regular season game on October 28th. Each day we will discuss who wore that number best, and who wears it now or who wore it last.
We're getting ready for a brand new season of Los Angeles Lakers basketball, so to count down the days we'll be looking at the best Lakers to wear the number. We'll continue at 11 days until the regular season begins, with a man who played professional basketball for 21 years.
After finishing his junior year at the University of North Carolina, Bob McAdoo entered the 1972 NBA draft where he was selected with the #2 overall pick by the Buffalo Braves (now the Los Angeles Clippers).