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For 22 seasons, James has been on the court while those letters were shouted at him, the league’s all-time leading scorer, one of its greatest players earning the adoration in buildings all over the league.

The second pick will potentially join a roster that includes a healthy Brink, Jackson and Dearica Hamby, the leading scorer last season.

The game in Phoenix gave Lakers fans a taste of what Knecht could do, a shooter and scorer who, at any time, could burn up the nets with a flurry of buckets.

The Edinburgh winger, with his 29th Test try, was one of five Scotland scorers in the opening half after Will Hurd got the show on the road.

Wednesday’s heroics came with the Lakers having blown an early 15-point lead while their leading scorer, Anthony Davis, had been hampered with foul trouble and was largely ineffective.