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The 2017 NBA draft was held on June 22, 2017, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. [1] National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. The draft lottery took place during the playoffs on May 16, 2017.
The Lakers again earned the second overall pick, this time, in the 2017 NBA draft, [271] and selected Lonzo Ball from UCLA. [272] The Lakers also acquired Kyle Kuzma from the University of Utah with the 27th overall pick from a draft-day trade, along with Brook Lopez in exchange for D'Angelo Russell and Timofey Mozgov . [ 273 ]
Kentucky (2016–2017) NBA draft: 2017: 1st round, 11th overall pick: Selected by the Charlotte Hornets: Playing career: 2017–present: Career history; 2017–2021: Charlotte Hornets: 2017: → Greensboro Swarm: 2021–2022: Los Angeles Lakers: 2022–present: Sacramento Kings: Career highlights and awards; Consensus second-team All-American ...
The 2017–18 Los Angeles Lakers season was the franchise's 70th season, its 69th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 58th in Los Angeles.. On December 18, 2017, against the Golden State Warriors, the Lakers retired the numbers 8 and 24 of former shooting guard Kobe Bryant, making him the first NBA player to have two numbers retired on the same team.
The Lakers also drafted Magic Johnson in 1979 with their second first overall pick, who was rated the greatest NBA point guard of all time by ESPN in 2007. [5] The Lakers had no first-round draft picks in 1967, 1976, 1978, 1980, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. The Lakers had no first or second-round draft picks from 1983, 1987, and 2001 ...
2017–2021: Los Angeles Lakers: 2017–2019: →South Bay Lakers: 2021–2024: Chicago Bulls: 2024–present: Oklahoma City Thunder: Career highlights and awards; NBA champion ; NBA All-Defensive First Team ; NBA All-Defensive Second Team ; Second-team All-NBA G League (2018) Second-team All-SEC (2016) SEC All-Defensive Team (2015) Stats at ...
The 2016–17 Los Angeles Lakers season was the franchise's 69th season, its 68th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 57th in Los Angeles. It was the first season without Kobe Bryant since the 1995–96 season , as he retired from the NBA in April 2016.
On June 22, 2017, Bryant was drafted 42nd overall in the 2017 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz. He was later traded along with the 30th pick, Josh Hart to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for the Lakers 28th pick, Tony Bradley. [12] On July 30, 2017, Bryant signed his rookie scale contract with the Lakers. [13] On June 30, 2018, the Lakers waived ...