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Few organizations in professional sports have the allure that the Los Angeles Lakers have. It’s why things are taken to another level if one wants to have a discussion about the idea of Lonzo Ball potentially leaving the sport with a huge legacy. After all, being a Lakers great, is a lot harder than being […]

Last week, the Los Angeles Lakers announced that point guard Lonzo Ball would be undergoing surgery on his left knee. Ball underwent the surgery on Tuesday and the team says it was successful while also giving a timeline for second-year guard’s return to the floor. According to a press release sent out by the team, […]

It seems like the sports world can’t go 24 hours without having LaVar Ball make headlines. The elder Ball made frontpage news again by denouncing reports that claimed that he had purposefully leaked Lonzo Ball’s knee injury in order to torpedo any trade that would ship him out of the Los Angeles Lakers’ roster. LaVar […]

Before today, LaMelo Ball was known for two things. The first is being the youngest sibling among the Ball brothers, mostly due to their connection to the outspoken and certainly controversial LaVar Ball. The other one is his haircut, which could be effectively summarized as the biological offspring of Ben Wallace and Elfrid Payton’s do. […]

Last year, the Los Angeles Lakers selected point guard Lonzo Ball out of UCLA with the second overall pick in the NBA Draft. Ball was considered to be one of the best all-around players in the draft and someone Magic Johnson and company couldn’t pass up on once they were on the clock. After a […]

On Friday afternoon, the Los Angeles Lakers announced that point guard Lonzo Ball will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his left knee on Tuesday afternoon, and his timeline to return will be determined following that game. Via ClutchPoints’ Ryan Ward: #Lakers announce Lonzo Ball will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his left knee next week — Ryan […]

Lonzo Ball’s rookie season had its ups and its downs, but he showed potential to develop into an excellent NBA player. Although his shooting was widely ridiculed, perhaps the biggest concern was his inability to stay on the court. Ball only played in 52 games during his rookie season. But there’s no need to worry […]

LeBron James officially signed his contract with the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday and posed in a photo with his agent Rich Paul and general manager Rob Pelinka to celebrate the occasion. Officially signed with the @Lakers @KingJames pic.twitter.com/A5jHZxXEP4 — Klutch Sports Group (@KlutchSports) July 10, 2018 Lakers forward Brandon Ingram found it a perfect opportunity to have […]

The Los Angeles Lakers made one of their big free agency moves official on Friday with the signing of former All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo on a one-year, $9 million deal. It has put him in place to be a prominent factor in the backcourt next season. A major role he’ll take on is as […]

The Los Angeles Lakers on Friday morning officially made the signing of veteran point guard Rajon Rondo on a one-year, $9 million deal, which has sparked plenty of attention toward the situation in the backcourt at the position with him and second-year point guard Lonzo Ball. According to Mike Trudell of Lakers.com, Rondo has quickly […]

Lonzo Ball has only been on the Los Angeles Lakers for one season and his name has already been floating around in trade rumors. The Lakers have been pursuing Kawhi Leonard from the San Antonio Spurs to team up with LeBron James, and if that was completed it could require shipping Ball out. It was […]

The Los Angeles Lakers made a head-scratching move by acquiring Rajon Rondo shortly after landing LeBron James on a four-year, $154 million agreement, but it hasn’t seemed to faze the Ball family, despite rumors of open competition between the two for the starting point guard spot. While reports indicated Lonzo Ball would have to compete […]

Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN took to Twitter to clarify something he said on his podcast, The Woj Pod. Wojnarowski incorrectly stated that Lonzo Ball’s knee required surgery. But he meant to say that he may require surgery, not that he needed it. Listening back to pod discussion on Lonzo Ball's knee injury, I misspoke: What […]

Among all the shuffling that the Los Angeles Lakers have done with their roster this offseason, there has been much attention directed toward second-year point guard Lonzo Ball’s future with the franchise. This had seen his name become mentioned in trade rumors, but things had quickly been quieted down after it was revealed that he was […]

LaVar Ball was utterly confident his son, Lonzo Ball, will make LeBron James a better player now that the two are both with the Los Angeles Lakers. The loud personality noted a player like James would play right to his son’s skill set, urging the partnership will be an ultimate success. “How you gonna give […]

LaVar Ball is no stranger to making headlines. Recently, LaVar spoke to TMZ to discuss LeBron James’ signing with the Los Angeles Lakers. But he didn’t stop there. He went on to clown DeMarcus Cousins and the Golden State Warriors declaring the Lakers as the favorite to win the championship next Ball told TMZ: “The […]

Los Angeles Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball did not catch Kobe Bryant’s last flight, as he came into the NBA a year later than the Black Mamba’s last season in the league. Assuming he’s not going to be traded this offseason, Ball will have his chance of playing alongside another surefire future first-ballot Hall of […]

There’s a new sheriff in LA county now following LeBron James’ decision to join the Los Angeles Lakers take his talents to La La Land beginning next season. Apparently, there’s also going to be a new point guard for the Purple and Gold with Rajon Rondo also agreeing to a deal with the team. According […]

Purple, it turns out, is a more regal complement to gold than wine. LeBron James cast off his Cleveland Cavaliers colors to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers on a four-year, $153.3 million deal. Power has resided in the Western Conference for years, will LeBron James’ crown be enough to assume rule? 1. What does […]

Most players and executives in the Los Angeles Lakers organization are still soaking in LeBron James’ decision to sign a four-year, $154 million deal with the team. Among them is point guard Lonzo Ball, who said it was “crazy” to think about, now having the opportunity to play alongside his “favorite player,” per NBC Los […]

According to Shams Charania of The Vertical, Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball has a torn meniscus in his left knee and is expected to miss a few months. However, he is expected to be ready for the start of the 2018-19 season. Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball has a torn meniscus in his […]

LiAngelo Ball was not taken in the 2018 NBA Draft despite his best efforts, but his dreams of professional basketball are far from over. According to Nicola Lupo of Sportando, LiAngelo and his brother LaMelo are receiving interest from the Russian team, Khimki Moscow. Khimki Moscow has two different teams. The top team plays in […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are supposedly shopping Lonzo Ball for assets to use in a trade with the San Antonio Spurs to land Kawhi Leonard. How do we know this? The mean streets of Twitter told us such a wonderful thing. https://twitter.com/OrtizDYST/status/1012714505070108672 This should certainly be taken as much as a rumor as it is […]

When it comes to Lonzo Ball, the San Antonio Spurs’ interest in him seems to be comparable to the level of attention the public is giving to LaVar Ball’s JBA league. The Los Angeles Lakers are in determined pursuit of Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard, but convincing San Antonio to give up the talented swingman is […]

Free agency doesn’t start until July 1st, and that is when all the big offseason moves are supposed to be taking place, but it looks like the offseason madness could be starting a few days early. Tim Tompkins of Suns Solar Panel reports on Twitter that there is going to be a big trade coming […]

Los Angeles Lakers president of basketball operations Magic Johnson is optimistic about Lonzo Ball’s future with the team. After Ball put together an impressive, albeit abbreviated, rookie campaign, Johnson feels that Lonzo is ready to take another step forward. For the 20-year-old point guard, Magic is a great person to have in his corner. According to […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have had to do some micro-managing as of late amidst the recent jabs traded between point guard Lonzo Ball and power forward Kyle Kuzma. As a result, both players have had to tone down their engagement on social media. The two have had some rather comical exchanges that apparently started to […]

Lonzo Ball is not exactly the superstar yet his father, LaVar Ball, envisioned him to become before he was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in last year’s draft, but that does not mean his not capable of causing people to get starstruck. Just take for example this kid, who apparently did not have an […]

Heading into his second year in the league, no-longer-rookie Lonzo Ball is in the midst of “the biggest summer” of his life, after hitting the film room with Los Angeles Lakers legend and team president Magic Johnson. General manager Rob Pelinka said Ball designed his offseason plans based on the areas he wanted to improve […]

Most NBA insiders believe that the Los Angeles Lakers have the best chance of landing LeBron James in free agency this offseason. The four-time MVP is expected to opt out of his player option with the Cleveland Cavaliers for the 2018-19 season. Though the Lakers seem to be the most likely team to snatch James […]

Now that the offseason is here, everyone wants to know where LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers is going. He was noncommittal about staying in Cleveland, and is an unrestricted free agent this summer. According to at least one man, Lonzo Ball is an important part of what happens next. Many think James is destined […]

Lonzo Ball proved last season that he belongs in the NBA, and that he has a potential be very effective and productive while on the court for the Los Angeles Lakers. If there was one knock on him, though, it was his physique. He looked quite thin throughout the season, and sometimes it seemed as […]

The Los Angeles Lakers and their fanbase are hoping to land a superstar in free agency this summer, and they could very well get their wish if both Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James and Oklahoma City Thunder star Paul George decide to head to the West Coast. A name that has been linked to the […]

LaVar Ball just won’t leave the Los Angeles Lakers alone and his most recent antic involves a criticism of how the team handles his son Lonzo. The outspoken father blamed the Lakers for Lonzo’s rather poor shooting percentage from the free-throw line. In 52 games, Ball was at 45.1 percent — a horrendous statistic given […]

Los Angeles Lakers development coach Miles Simon had nothing but praise for Lonzo Ball’s basketball instincts, tagging it as ‘off the charts.’ Speaking with Lakers reporter Mike Trudell, Simon talked about Ball’s feel for the game. He said that not everyone in the world is blessed with such a gift. On the defensive end, Ball’s […]

The Lonzo Ball era could be coming to an end in Tinseltown earlier before it even starts as his name is now being thrown around in trade rumors this summer involving the Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James. There is no doubt that the Lakers are trying to build the next superteam this summer and […]

The Kawhi Leonard sweepstakes is starting to get serious. With Leonard wanting out of San Antonio and the Spurs organization via a trade, it would not be a surprise to hear teams lining outside of their doorstep with their own trade proposal. Leonard is reportedly eyeing to be dealt to the Los Angeles Lakers, but […]

Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma have developed a special kind of friendship during each other’s rookie season with the Los Angeles Lakers. It’s the kind of bond that includes hilarious exchanges and taunting on social media. However, the two may have reached the patience threshold of the Lakers, who, for most of the time since […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are only days away from being able to lure two of the biggest free agent talents to their franchise, yet the atmosphere around the organization isn’t doing much to sell itself as a destination. While the likes of LeBron James and Paul George evaluate their future, rookies Lonzo Ball and Kyle […]