They did the exact same thing with D'Angelo Russell, Lakers 'not blown away' by Okafor or Russell , and ended up taking him.
Usually teams downplay a player they are looking into grabbing in order to throw off teams picking ahead of them.
Yeah, you're always claiming a player is going to be this and that.....and they turn out the opposite. Hopefully you're not wrong again, being that this pertains directly to the future success of my franchise.
Their picking 2nd though this time and Ball is guaranteed to be their when they pick. What exactly would they accomplish with a smokescreen?





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