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Los Angeles Lakers select Moritz Wagner with No. 25 pick

The Los Angeles Lakers selected Moritz Wagner with the No. 25 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft.

The Los Angeles Lakers selected Moritz Wagner with the No. 25 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft.

Wagner averaged 14.6 points and 7.1 rebounds per game and sot 39.4 percent from 3-point range as a junior.

He led Michigan to the National Championship game and scored 24 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in a Final Four win over Loyola.

Wagner is Michigan’s eight draft pick under John Beilein since 2013 and seventh selected in the first round. He joins Nik Stauskas (8), Trey Burke (9), DJ Wilson (17), Caris Levert (20), Mitch McGary (21), Tim Hardaway Jr. (24), Glenn Robinson III (40) as recent NBA Draft picks from Michigan.

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  1. MaizeBlue10

    BOOM! Been hoping he’d be the pick! Makes perfect sense. Now gotta hope they don’t package him for Kawhi :grimacing:

  2. buckets12

    YEAHHHH MOE!!! Even if they miss out on LBJ and Kawhi…Lonzo, Ingram, Kuzma, Wagner is a fun fun core

  3. umhoops

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  5. MaizeBlue10

    That’s really pretty damn amazing

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