They shared the same dream, and yet they didn’t share it out loud.
Winning an NBA championship was always the ultimate goal for Alex Caruso and Gary Payton II. You’d expect nothing less from two of the fiercest competitors in basketball.
But in 2018, a title felt like a full-court heave away. Or even further, considering they first had to get on the floor itself. That was their main subject of discussion, as the undrafted guards searched for a way to reach the NBA on the Los Angeles Lakers’ G League affiliate, the South Bay Lakers.