Like others his age, Can Pelister lives with his parents and can’t stop listening to Drake’s latest album. He likes going to movies, eating out and cheering for the local soccer club.



“A typical 20-year-old kid,” Pelister said last week while sitting inside a bustling Istanbul café.



He is working his way through a local university, with plans for a degree in sports management. But his job makes that pretty tricky.



He is an international scout for the Los Angeles Lakers.



Pelister, whose birthday was just last month, is younger than Lonzo Ball, who will be 21 in October, and two-thirds of the players drafted in June. But if 20-year-olds can be counted on to help NBA teams in the playoffs — Jayson Tatum, anyone? — Pelister has proved they can contribute behind the scenes, as well.



Believed to be the youngest full-time scout in the NBA, Pelister will have traveled to 25 different countries by the...