Alex Speers

So there is a section on the 2017 draft.

You describe how Magic Johnson became laser-focused on Lonzo Ball with the second pick.

There's a line that just says, Lonzo, Lonzo, Lonzo.

Right.

With players like Jason Tatum never even getting a workout or an invite from the team.

How popular was that pick for...

within the Lakers organization at the time and was everyone in lockstep or their different factions that favored other prospects?

Yeah, I think it was essentially like that three-team trade was done, but then it was like conveyed that like, hey, LeBron is probably just going to stay in Cleveland now.

That's what it was.

If you go down this road, you are keeping LeBron in Cleveland.

Correct.

That felt like – that's when they were like, okay, never mind.

Let's go.

Let's do something else here.

Herb Simon.

Yes.

Yeah, that section particularly stressed me out, just knowing how close things were there.

So the chapters covering Russell Westbrook's time in LA were very entertaining.

Everyone understands why this partnership didn't work out on the court, but there are a lot of details in the book.

but why it didn't work off the court either.