The Lakers entered the night without any draft picks but with a strong desire to trade into the second round and acquire a player with a team-friendly contract. They’d sent their first-round pick — the fourth overall pick in the draft – to New Orleans for Davis. The Pelicans traded the pick to the Atlanta Hawks, who selected Virginia’s De’Andre Hunter, and as league rules stipulate, Hunter donned a Lakers cap as he walked across the stage in Brooklyn.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 21, 2019 04:08 UTC