Los Angeles Lakers rookie Moe Wagner might not be getting a ton of chances from head coach Luke Walton on a win-now, playoff-contending team with LeBron James, but L.A.’s most recent first-round pick has been making a habit of impacting the game whenever he does get a shot on the floor.
Wagner got his first meaningful burn in a game situation that still mattered during the Lakers’ 128-110 loss to the Washington Wizards on Sunday, and while the rookie big man obviously wasn’t the answer for the team — nothing was in one of the Lakers’ most listless losses of the season — he was one of the few bright spots for L.