When LeBron James signed with the Los Angeles Lakers this past summer, Hollywood was salivating over the prospect of James and Lonzo Ball teaming up for the next several years.
On Saturday night against the Charlotte Hornets, everyone received a glimpse of just what these two are capable of in tandem:
LeBron James (24p 12r 11a) and Lonzo Ball (16p 10a 10r) both have triple-doubles tonight. The last time Lakers teammates did it in the same game? Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Jan. 22, 1982
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) December 16, 2018
Lakers fans have had visions of Showtime dancing in their heads ever since the days of Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ended. Now, James and Ball are doing their best to satisfy those cravings.
We have come to expect these types of performances from LeBron James, a man who can garner triple-doubles in his sleep, but for Lonzo Ball, this is huge. He has had a brilliant night against the Hornets, flashing his potential in transition and defensively as well as in scoring.
It has been a very up-and-down sophomore campaign for Ball thus far, with the UCLA product is struggling to shoot the basketball and laboring to put together any kind of consistency, but if this game against Charlotte is any indication of what's to come, Ball could be growing right before our eyes.
The funny thing is, Lonzo Ball was kind of the forgotten man this past summer, as most fans and pundits outside of California were thinking of the potential of LeBron with Brandon Ingram and Kyle Kuzma. As a matter of fact, some questioned whether or not Ball would even be on the roster come opening night due to James' checkered history with Ball's controversial father, LaVar.
But, James appears to love playing with Ball, and the two seem to have a bright future ahead of them for the Lakers.
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