Lonzo Ball had his big coming out party on Saturday night against the San Antonio Spurs. He hit six 3-pointers including three in the final three minutes.

With 42.2 seconds left, Ball hit a shot from long range that put the Lakers up three and helped them seal the victory.

Even with the improvements as of late, though, he is still getting a lot of hate, but the Lakers youngster doesn't seem to be concerned with all the people talking around him.

After the game, he talked to Joey Ramirez of NBA.com about all the hate.

“People are still going to hate, I think, So it really doesn't matter to me. I just go out and play.”

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He has been in constant headlines since becoming a Laker, and a lot of it is because of something he hasn't had any control over. His dad LaVar Ball continues to talk and has kept saying some crazy things about the Lakers and head coach Luke Walton, including how he needs to be fired.

But Walton isn't concerned about that, and he also talked after the game about how happy he is with the improvements in Lonzo's game.

Per Tania Ganguli of the Los Angeles Times:

“I'm happy for him because I felt like he was being judged so hard to start the season. There's no other rookie in the league that was getting dissected like he was. And he was playing great. He was doing all the things we love about him; he was passing, he was playing defense, he was rebounding. He just was missing his shots. …

“I'm happy for him that he doesn't have to do that anymore, but more importantly it's nice to see that he's starting to figure out how to shoot it from that distance in this league, how to get that shot off, because it helps so much when he's hitting them.

Ball will always have haters, that is how it is for star players, but if he keeps helping the Lakers win games, it won't matter because the results on the court will speak for themselves.