Thursday will officially begin the Victor Wembanyama-era in the NBA with the new wave of NBA players thrust into their new lives and careers as the NBA Draft starts on Thursday at 5 pm PST. There has been a fair amount of fodder surrounding this year’s draft, from who is going to land Wembanyama, to Scoot Henderson or Brandon Miller (It’s Scoot by the way), all the way to varying reports sharing that not a single pick from 2-10 is safe from being traded.
While these reports are fun, and the very reason I was hoping for the snooze-fest finals to end, none of them are linked to what really matters here — the Los Angeles Lakers.