Lakers could've had De'Aaron Fox or Lauri Markkanen if new NBA Draft lottery rules existed earlier
This would be a fascinating alternate reality.
Lakers could've had De'Aaron Fox or Lauri Markkanen if new NBA Draft lottery rules existed earlier originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Los Angeles Lakers ' NBA Draft history could've looked quite different if the new NBA Draft lottery rules existed a decade ago.
One of the components to the new rules is that a team won't be able to pick in the top-five for three years in a row. If that had existed in 2015 and beyond, it would've altered the Lakers' outcomes. MORE: LeBron reveals his own thoughts on the MJ GOAT debate They picked D'Angelo Russell at No.
2 in 2015. Then in 2016, they got Brandon Ingram with the second pick. L.
A. came right back in 2017 with the second overall pick again and snagged Lonzo Ball. But if this rule existed, they would've been bumped out of the top-three in 2017.