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.

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