Corey Brewer, 31, a 6-foot-9 forward with the Los Angeles Lakers in his 11th NBA season, on his 2017 Tesla Model X 100D, as told to A.J. Baime.

I live in the Valley, and my team practices in El Segundo. I have played for a lot of basketball teams and lived in a lot of cities, and I will tell you, there is no traffic like the traffic in L.A. It can take 45 minutes to go 4 miles on I-405. I decided to buy a Tesla because it is an electric car, so I could go in the HOV lane when I am by myself, and because it has an autopilot...