Would the Los Angeles native be the perfect Laker, or should the Boston Celtics grab him with the top overall pick?
"That’s all we working out for is the Lakers. Just the Lakers. There’s nobody else that we need to workout for."
That's what Lonzo Ball's chatty father, LaVar, told the Lakers Nation blog soon after Los Angeles landed the second overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft. A Lonzo/Lakers marriage makes big-time sense, a perfect storm of talent, need, and backstory.
The general belief is that with their number-one pick, the Boston Celtics will snatch up Washington prodigy Markelle Fultz, leaving Lonzo for the Lakers to grab at number two.