The Los Angeles Lakers only have a 46.9 percent chance of keeping their first-round pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, but head coach Luke Walton isn’t too concerned about that.
If the Lakers pick falls outside of the top three then it becomes the property of the Philadelphia 76ers, which could be detrimental to the team’s attempted rebuild.
Walton revealed on the CBS Sports program “We Need To Talk,” that he had a conversation with team president of basketball operations Magic Johnson in which he received some news about the Lakers’ potential pick.
“Magic’s already assured me that we’re going to get our top-three pick this year, so I’m excited about that,” Walton said, as transcribed by Bleacher Report’s Zac Wassink.
Walton was able to keep himself composed for a few seconds before he started laughing.
The Lakers already have an impressive amount of young talent in D’Angelo Russell, Brandon Ingram and Julius Randle, and another young star could put the franchise back on the road to the playoffs, a place they haven’t been since 2013.
Get those consipracy theories ready.
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