The Los Angeles Lakers would once again have the luck of the draw as they have regularly had during the last few seasons. Team President Magic Johnson was in the middle of said fortune, receiving the honor of representing the organization during Tuesday's NBA Draft Lottery and drawing the No. 2 overall pick.

Head coach Luke Walton followed the lottery selection with close attention, seeing the Phoenix Suns, who had an eyelash under 20 percent chance (second-best out of 14 teams) to get the first pick, drop to the fourth overall.

“When we saw that four wasn't us people started getting pretty loud to where the kids got scared and started crying, so it got a little animated over there,” Walton told Jaime Maggio of Spectrum SportsNet.

Then it became a three-way battle between three of the most storied franchises in the league, the Boston Celtics, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Lakers.

The Lakers received the No. 2 overall pick for the third consecutive season, having drafted point guard D'Angelo Russell and forward Brandon Ingram in prior years.

Los Angeles ironically won five of its last six games of the season, creating much fuss about their high-pick possibilities going down the water, as they could risk losing their pick if they were to land outside of the top three.

“I've always believed that things work out the way they're supposed to and we decided to play the end of the season to try to win ball games and not go into tank mode, and the basketball gods shined down on us for that today,” Walton said.

The young coach admits he hasn't been tuning in for any college games, but does look forward to seeing them display their talent and letting the front office find the right individuals to suit up in purple and gold.

If the Lakers follow through with what they've said during the offseason, it would be a matter of waiting until June to see hometown kid Lonzo Ball play for his beloved franchise and shake the commissioner's hand.

“During the season I don't have time to watch any college basketball really. I haven't seen other than SportsCenter highlights on a lot of these kids so it'll be nice to get them in there see their real size, see how they move on the court, see how they play,” Luke Said.

“I'm a basketball junkie so I love that type of stuff.”