El Segundo — While the Los Angeles Lakers were getting ready to take on the Minnesota Timberwolves in Minneapolis on Monday, Lakers rookie Isaac Bonga was making his rounds at the South Bay Lakers’ media day, which looked like a small family gathering compared to the media circus at the Lakers’ media day in September.
The atmosphere was fitting for Bonga, however, who won’t be dealing with Lakers-size crowds or expectations for at least another year or two, developing in what qualifies as NBA anonymity while the Lakers wait to see if he’s their scouting department’s latest diamond in the rough.