JaVale McGee has had quite the career. He went from promising young center, to a disappointing big contract, to a player seen as a joke by many casual NBA fans, and is now a two-time champion see by many within the Los Angeles Lakers organization as a mentor to the young core.
He’s been around several different situations, so when he judges the guys around him, it comes from all that experience. In an interview with Leo Sepkowitz of Bleacher Report, McGee says he and the other veterans like what they’ve seen from Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Kyle Kuzma and the rest of the Lakers young core.