Watching the guy selected one pick after the Lakers chose Lonzo Ball second overall in the 2017 NBA Draft lead his team to the NBA Finals is frustrating enough as a fan of the purple and gold. Knowing that he grew up idolizing Kobe, so deeply enamored with the purple and gold that he occasionally accents his already emetic green uniforms with Bryant’s signature armband only makes me sicker.
No longer 19, but still just 24 years old, Jayson Tatum is going to be a fixture in the NBA as one of the NBA’s premier superstars for a very, very long time to come.