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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 […]

The NBA Draft is just around the corner. LiAngelo Ball, brother of Los Angeles Lakers rising star Lonzo, believes that his sibling will be picked — contrary to what experts say. As reported by Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN, Lonzo commented on his brother’s performance in his pre-draft workout with the Lakers. He strongly believed that LiAngelo […]

LaVar Ball is back at it, crediting his son for others’ successes. According to him, his son Lonzo Ball made Kyle Kuzma into the player that he was during their rookie season. As reported by TV’s Harrison Faigen of Silver Screen & Roll, the elder Ball said: “Look what he did with the Lakers. Kyle […]

Someone decided to let LaVar Ball on live TV today and believe it or not, he had some crazy things to say. Amazingly he was asked by Skip Bayless while on Undisputed if he’d ever consider coaching the Los Angeles Lakers and his wild response was: Skip asked LaVar if he would ever coach the […]

Los Angeles Lakers rising star Lonzo Ball received a platelet-rich plasma injection in his left knee after the end of his season. According to Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN, Ball said that the procedure forced him out of basketball-related activities for a month or so. To recall, Ball missed the final eight games of last season due to […]

Donovan Mitchell discovered that Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball has a song dissing his own teammate Kyle Kuzma. The Utah Jazz phenom flocked to Twitter to share his thoughts about it. Via his own Twitter account, Mitchell said that Kuzma should respond to it: So @ZO2_ really made a diss track to his own […]

Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma have been playfully going back and forth at each other on Twitter ever since their season ended. The latest act in the fun Twitter beef involves Ball releasing a diss track directed at Kuzma. Kylie Kuzma #ItunesExclusive 🔥 https://t.co/PummuqTs87 — Lonzo Ball (@ZO2_) June 11, 2018 Here are the full […]

It’s the offseason, so it’s high time for LaVar Ball and his family to make a run for some headlines. They have already started to do just that with the recent release of a music video starring the members of the Ball family, most notably Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball and his brother, LiAngelo. […]

Leading up to last year’s draft, the Los Angeles Lakers shipped D’Angelo Russell to the Brooklyn Nets to escape from Timofey Mozgov’s albatross contract. At the time, general manager Rob Pelinka explained why the Lakers sold so low on Russell, who they selected with the second overall pick only two years priors. The Lakers, he […]

Josh Hart is back at it, roasting his teammates online. His target is Los Angeles Lakers teammate Lonzo Ball again — who was listening to his own mixtape while working out. As posted in his own Instagram account, Hart described what Lonzo ball was doing before shouting at him to turn the music off: https://www.instagram.com/p/BjsiJC0lWPk/?hl=en&taken-by=jhart […]

Lonzo Ball hopes to be playing in the NBA Finals one day leading the Los Angeles Lakers back to the promised land, but since he isn’t in it this year, he still found a way to make an appearance. During Sunday’s Game 2, Ball appeared in a commercial for the Equalizer 2 which is set to […]

LiAngelo Ball, who signed up for the 2018 NBA Draft, is already working out with a number of teams. With him showing off his talent recently for the Los Angeles Lakers, he sought advice from his brother Lonzo, a top prospect back in college who’s now proving his worth in the pros. As reported by Ryan […]

LiAngelo Ball participated in a pre-draft workout with the Los Angeles Lakers today and he had a special guest in attendance to watch him. His older brother Lonzo, the No. 2 overall pick of the Lakers last summer, showed up to support LiAngelo. Lonzo Ball was also in attendance for LiAngelo's pre-draft workout with the […]

As LiAngelo Ball tries to make an NBA team, he has another workout set up, this time with the Golden State Warriors, according to Shams Charania of Yahoo! Sports. Sources: LiAngelo Ball, who will work out for the Lakers on Tuesday, has a workout scheduled with the Golden State Warriors on June 10. — Shams […]

LaVar Ball has been relatively silent over the past several weeks, but he’s starting to rev up his mouth again. This time, he’s going after the Los Angeles Lakers training staff, which he believes is to blame for the injury woes of his son, Lonzo Ball, during the point guard’s first season in the NBA. […]

The Phoenix Suns were the big winners of last week’s 2018 NBA Draft Lottery when they were announced to have won the right to select the first overall pick. There’s no question that the Suns are the envy of just about every NBA team these days, as they have the luxury of picking the best […]

Lonzo Ball just completed his rookie season with the Los Angeles Lakers, but his father LaVar Ball is already talkinga bout signing an extension with the team. LaVar Ball reiterated that Lonzo Ball is willing to take less money on his next NBA contract so the Lakers can continue surrounding him with talent. He said […]

When LaVar Ball took his kids overseas to Lithuania to play basketball, it instantly became a media hotspot and according to LaVar, that made some of the players on the team jealous of LiAngelo and LaMelo. “In Lithuania, everybody was like, ‘Melo!’ The old dudes was like, ‘We ain’t getting no love,’” LaVar recounted to […]

According to Los Angeles Lakers forward Julius Randle, there isn’t a guy trotting about the world in the purple and gold with thicker skin than Lonzo Ball. Relax, friends. It is only a figure of speech. Randle doesn’t actually mean Ball has some superhero-like thick skin or is suffering from crazy disease in which he’s […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were hoping two rookies, Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma, would help the franchise return to former glory. It hasn’t gone exactly to plan yet, but the latter exceeded expectations, with the former doing far better than people will give him credit for given the hyperbolic goals attached to his aura. Nevertheless, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have made it very clear what they need from Lonzo Ball this summer, they need him to get stronger and improve his game. There have also been some rumors floating that this summer Ball could end up being traded for Kawhi Leonard, but LaVar Ball has made it clear that won’t […]

It’s been relatively quiet of late when it comes to Los Angeles Lakers news with the playoffs in full swing and offseason events like the draft, free agency and summer league still a ways away. But there was something this week with rookie point guard Lonzo Ball getting a new tattoo that read “Born 2 […]

In his rookie campaign, Los Angeles Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball showed flashes of promise that he could develop into a special talent for the next decade. However, Ball also struggled with his health, as he missed a sizeable chunk of the season due to injuries. It is something that general manager Rob Pelinka wants […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ 2017-18 season ended earlier than what LaVar Ball expected, but it also means that the team and its players now have plenty of time to prepare and train for the next campaign. Enter Lakers Director of Strength and Endurance Training, Gunnar Peterson, who recently spoke with Lakers reporter Mike Trudell about […]

One of the bigger stories surrounding and leading up to the NBA Draft surrounds a guy that isn’t even on many big boards, LiAngelo Ball. The younger brother of Lonzo Ball has already said he would love to play for the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Lakers even sent some scouts to go watch him. […]

LiAngelo Ball has entered this year’s NBA draft, and although most believe he won’t be drafted, that doesn’t mean he isn’t keeping his goals lofty. Neither Sports Illustrated’s Jeremy Woo or ESPN’s Jonathan Givony had Ball in their top 100 prospects, but that hasn’t stopped LiAngelo from calling his shot. In an interview with ESPN […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are coming off of a 35-47 record in 2017-18, good for 10th place in the NBA and seven games in the standings behind their division and city rival LA Clippers. The future is bright for the Luke Walton-led team, however, who jumped significantly from their 26-56 record in 2016-17 thanks to […]

When the full list of participants was released for the NBA draft there was one popular name that was noticeably missing, LiAngelo Ball. The younger brother of Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball, not many were expecting him to get the invite, but he is still in this years NFL draft. According to Lonzo Wire’s Josh […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in early vacation mode after failing to make it this year’s NBA playoffs, but the team and its players continue to make the headlines. Unfortunately for Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball, he’s back in the limelight for what seems to be a very unsavory reason. Very early Friday morning, Lonzo […]

Time is of the essence for Victor Oladipo. After the Indiana Pacers were knocked out by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs that went the distance, one of the first things Oladipo did was text his trainer and ask if they could start hitting the gym – ASAP. Oladipo knows hard […]