Ainge is going to draft Fultz, so it doesn't make much difference what Ball says. But the Lakers better pick him, because he doesn't look so good to the rest of the league right now in terms of his character makeup.
But you know this has been done before in drafts, and players get their way. That's how the Lakers got Kobe. Bryant said he only wanted to play for the Lakers. He forced a draft trade to the Lakers, who picked him. They then signed Shaq as a FA, and presto, a few championships. And in the NFL draft , Eli Manning said the Giants, not the Chargers. So the Chargers got Leaf, the Giants got Eli and made out like bandits.
The dynamics are different in the current NBA draft, because Fultz pretty much stands on his own. This is a valuable pick, and I wonder what Danny is going to be offered for it.