It appears the Lakers are a bit enamored with the next Dirk Nowitzki?
According to RealGM, the Lakers put the sensational Kristaps Porzingis through a private workout today, in advance of next weeks NBA Draft.
Kristaps Porzingis worked out privately for the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday.
Porzingis had an impressive open workout on Friday in Las Vegas.
Porzingis is pursuing the Lakers’ pick at No. 2, along with D’Angelo Russell and Jahlil Okafor.
He pointed to the Lakers allowing you access to the teams facility as the biggest selling point.
“The biggest thing for me – the thing that I think most about – is that you can get into the gym whenever you want here,” Porzingis told Yahoo Sports over dinner recently. “They give you a card, or a key, and in the middle of the night, if you want to work out, you just go to the gym and get your work in – and I think that’s amazing.
“In Europe, you don’t have that option. You can’t get your work in on a Sunday, because nobody is there. I think that’s one of the coolest things. This year, I didn’t have a place to play. I’ve got to talk to the GM, to talk one of the people who work in the arena to open the door for me. People don’t want to do extra work at the arena.”
We’ll see who falls in love with Porzingis, or if teams truly believe that he’s Darko all over again.