NBA Draft: Lakers select Larry Nance Jr. with 27th pick

The Lakers selected Wyoming senior power forward Larry Nance. Jr with the 27th pick of the 2015 NBA draft, a move that went against most mock-draft selections that pegged him as a second-round pick.

Nance Jr. averaged 11.3 points on 52.1 percent shooting, 6.6 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game with the Cowboys. His father, who goes carries the same name as Larry Nance, enjoyed a 13-year NBA career with the Phoenix Suns (1981-88) and Cleveland Cavaliers (1988-1994). During that stretch, Nance became an athletic power forward that scored 15,687 career points, grabbed 7,352 career rebounds and won the 1984 NBA Dunk contest.

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