How did the LA Lakers get here?
It’s the question the organisation would be repeatedly asking itself amid a horror 3-10 start to the season where, crucially, it doesn’t own its first-round draft pick.
Yes, a Lakers team that currently has the third-worst record in the entire NBA doesn’t have rights to its first pick in a season where the likely first overall selection, generational talent Victor Wembanyama, is being touted as the best prospect in years.
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Yikes.
The Lakers’ first rounder is in possession of the New Orleans Pelicans following the Anthony Davis trade from 2019.
It saw LA part ways with a massive haul of Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart and multiple first round picks including an…
