NBA Mock Draft 2016: 76ers, Lakers Get Their Guy; Suns Reaching?
2. Los Angeles Lakers
Pick: Brandon Ingram, F, Duke
Last season, the Los Angeles Lakers went off the board when they selected at No. 2 overall. They went with D’Angelo Russell when almost everyone believed that they were going to take Jahlil Okafor. Not this year.
The Lakers won’t try to be cute this time around, and will/should take the unanimous second best player in this draft: Brandon Ingram. He’s long (has a little Kevin Durant physique to him) and can score the basketball. He’s also a better shooter than Simmons; easily.
Even though he probably isn’t the playmaker that Simmons is, Ingram can hold up in his own right in the NBA. Ingram isn’t going to save the franchise by any means – definitely not immediately – but he is another solid prospect that the team can continue to build up with.
Next: Boston Celtics