Joel Embiid, the 7-foot Kansas freshman, who was projected to go No.1 overall to the Cavs before a stress fracture in his foot a week before Thursday’s NBA Draft, possibly shed some light into where he’s headed:
Obviously, Embiid has no idea which team will draft him. After all, the Lakers own the 7th pick in the draft, and Embiid very well could be selected higher than that. Embiid deleted the initial “I’m a Laker” tweet and responded saying that a friend sent out the message:
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