Whicker: The real season begins, and maybe the Lakers do, too

EL SEGUNDO - At last you can say the Lakers made a no-brainer draft pick and mean it as a compliment.Lonzo Ball is a jumper cable in search of a battery, a transponder in search of an express lane.In a time when basketball is growing out of its pigeonholes, he is the point guard we always grew up with, the guy who puts zeroes on the end of everyone else's contract.