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Lonzo Ball of the New Orleans Pelicans will likely form a backcourt tandem with Jrue Holiday in the years to come. Ball has had a chance to play alongside Holiday and spoke his experience playing with the defensive stalwart. Per Pelicans reporter Jim Eichenhofer, Ball noted that just like Holiday, he likes to play defense. […]

For the past few weeks, New Orleans Pelicans players have been regularly attending voluntary workouts at the team’s facility. From Lonzo Ball’s observation, this attitude — coupled with the talent in the team– gives the Pels a chance to be good. Per Pelicans reporter Jim Eichenhofer, Ball is confident about his team’s chances this year […]

New Orleans Pelicans point guard Lonzo Ball has been fully cleared for training camp. Ball suffered a serious ankle injury in January against the Houston Rockets and missed the final 35 games of the 2018-19 season for the Los Angeles Lakers. The new Pelicans guard told reporters on Tuesday he’s doing everything now and good […]

For the first time in his life, Lonzo Ball won’t be playing for a Californian basketball team. After being traded by the Los Angeles Lakers to the New Orleans Pelicans over the summer, Ball will now be representing a different state. One would imagine the difficult adjustments that he’s had to make. However, Ball admitted […]

Lonzo Ball’s relationship with his father, LaVar Ball, has come a long way since the day he was drafted No. 2 overall by the Los Angeles Lakers. Following two years of underwhelming results after some sky-high expectations, the oldest of the Ball brothers finds himself no longer in La La Land after being traded along […]

Hall of Famer Magic Johnson was not shy to humble-brag about his decision to draft Lonzo Ball in 2017, a move that eventually defined his short-lived tenure as a front office executive with the Los Angeles Lakers. Magic went on ESPN’s First Take, insisting the Pelicans will be an exciting team, mentioning his former Lakers […]

NBA Draft prospect LaMelo Ball certainly upped his stock by putting on a show in front of a good number of NBA scouts in his highly-anticipated Australian National Basketball League debut on Friday. ESPN’s Jonathan Givony provided us with some inside scoop on just how well the 18-year-old performed under pressure. LaMelo Ball put on […]

Lonzo Ball is a talented basketball player, but all of the media attention — combined with the injuries that riddled his first two years in the NBA — got the general NBA fans to dismiss him as a bust. This fact eventually balloons into a scandal when Lonzo and his father, LaVar, got into an […]

The New Orleans Pelicans’ Brandon Ingram and Lonzo Ball may be nursing serious injuries but that hasn’t stopped the pair from participating in informal scrimmages that’s atypical of the offseason. According to ESPN’s Andrew Lopez, the pair have been full participants in workouts in New Orleans with both players not showing any signs of restriction […]

If the latest episode of Ball In The Family is any indication, it seems the relationship between LaVar Ball and his eldest son, Lonzo Ball, is far from being fixed. Lonzo had a heated discussion with his father during what appears to be a meeting for the relaunching of the Big Baller Brand. The New […]

New Orleans Pelicans guard Lonzo Ball is not losing faith in his younger brother, LiAngelo Ball. While LiAngelo hasn’t had any success in finding an NBA or G League team, Lonzo believes that the 20-year-old swingman will one day “make it” to the league. Lonzo is confident that his sibling has the tools and skills […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have put the Anthony Davis Saga behind them and are now moving forward with a fresh, new-look team that should be exciting to watch when the 2019-20 season begins. With training camp right around the corner, the Pelicans are entering a new era in their basketball existence with the presence of […]

New Orleans Pelicans guard Lonzo Ball thinks Kawhi Leonard choosing the LA Clippers over the Los Angeles Lakers is a good thing for the NBA. In a radio appearance on Real 92.3 LA last week, Lonzo says that Kawhi brought “balance” in the league when he decided to partner with Paul George on the Clippers […]

Portland Trail Blazers small forward Kent Bazemore expects point guard Lonzo Ball to play well with the New Orleans Pelicans next season. The Pelicans acquired Ball, Josh Hart and Brandon Ingram from the Los Angeles Lakers in the Anthony Davis trade. Bazemore, who changed teams this summer as well, believes having the new blood in […]

New Orleans Pelicans guard Lonzo Ball firmly believes his youngest brother, LaMelo Ball, is more talented than him. In an appearance on the LighHarted Podcast, the second overall pick of the 2017 NBA Draft talked about the potential of LaMelo, who is set to play in the NBL in the upcoming season. According to Lonzo, […]

New Orleans Pelicans point guard Lonzo Ball is excited to play with Jrue Holiday next season. Ball believes Holiday — who is the new leader of the Pelicans now that Anthony Davis is gone — is one of the most underrated players in the NBA: “Our team is young, fun. We also have vets. Jrue […]

Lonzo Ball is excited to start the season with the New Orleans Pelicans. He is bound to be a part of an exciting young core with Zion Williamson at the heart of it. They aren’t expected to make any playoff noise for a couple of years. The season hasn’t started yet, but that hasn’t stopped […]

Lonzo Ball says his pre-draft workout with the Los Angeles Lakers was his worst ever because he was sick. Ball had to take cough syrup and says it affected his movement on the court. “The workout w/ the Lakers was the worst workout I’ve ever had. It has to be the worst workout for a […]

Big Baller Brand failed to build a good reputation as a sports apparel company. Despite LaVar Ball’s efforts to keep it relevant, the constant negative reviews it received from customers was a major reason for its downfall. Now, New Orleans Pelicans guard Lonzo Ball, has made it clear that the BBB shoes he wore during […]

After months and months of trade rumors, the Los Angeles Lakers finally pulled the trigger and traded for Anthony Davis. Part of the monstrous package the Lakers dealt to the New Orleans Pelicans was former No. 2 overall pick Lonzo Ball. The new Pelicans point guard candidly spoke about going through the process on air […]

New Orleans Pelicans point guard Lonzo Ball says “work ethic” is the biggest thing he learned from playing with LeBron James on the Los Angeles Lakers. James was Ball’s favorite player growing up, so it was a dream come true for Lonzo to play with The King on the Lakers, even if it was only […]

Lonzo Ball says he found out he got traded by the Los Angeles Lakers to the New Orleans Pelicans on Twitter. Ball was in the car leaving his grandfather’s house to attend his brother’s basketball game when his manager told him to check Twitter. The Lakers had just agreed to a deal to send Ball, […]

New Orleans Pelicans guard Lonzo Ball released a total of 21 songs last year — one more than the free throws he made as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. The information was discovered by Redditor u/theToBeHonestGuy. Last season, Ball played 47 games (45 starts) for the Lakers. He shot 41.7 percent from the […]

Lonzo Ball indeed references the Los Angeles Lakers in the first track of “50&30,” the mixtape he released on Thursday. After so much talk of him dissing his former team in the hook of the song “Last Days,” the New Orleans Pelicans guard took to social media to set the record straight. “I’m not dissing […]

New Orleans Pelicans point guard Lonzo Ball says the Los Angeles Lakers will regret trading him in his latest song called “Last Days.” The Lakers traded Ball, Josh Hart and Brandon Ingram to the Pelicans this summer in the blockbuster Anthony Davis trade. On Thursday, Ball dropped his second mixtape called 50&30. On the first […]

The New Orleans Pelicans officially turned over a new leaf in their franchise history this summer, trading away superstar center Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers and lucking into the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, selecting generational talent Zion Williamson. Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations David Griffin was lauded […]

Big Baller Brand is on the verge of becoming a massive failure after everything that’s happened over the past couple of months. It’s co-founder, Alan Foster, has been accused of stealing money from the business. Then, New Orleans Pelicans guard Lonzo Ball, the face of BBB, has already distanced himself from the sports apparel company. […]

Elfrid Payton Sr., the father of New York Knicks guard Elfrid Payton, believes that a conflict will arise with his son and Lonzo Ball if the former stayed with the New Orleans Pelicans. Per Marc Berman of the New York Post, Payton Sr. shared that the Pelicans were interested in keeping his son. However, apart […]

New Orleans Pelicans point guard Lonzo Ball showed off an impressive new sleeve of body art on Monday night. Ball’s new tattoo, which is the work of Steve Butcher, features several African American icons, including Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson, Malcolm X, Harriet Tubman and Barack Obama. The former No. 2 overall […]

In a rather surprising claim, Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma said that Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball and Josh Hart were all ‘excited’ to be traded to the New Orleans Pelicans this offseason. The Lakers traded Ingram, Ball and Hart along with three first-round picks to the Pelicans in exchange for superstar big man Anthony […]

Los Angeles Lakers incoming third-year forward Kyle Kuzma recently opened up about his relationship with former teammate Lonzo Ball. Both youngsters entered the league at the same time, with the Lakers adding both guys during the 2017 NBA Draft. Speaking to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, Kuzma expressed how he had grown very close to Ball […]

Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball and Josh Hart were traded to the New Orleans Pelicans this offseason, but Kyle Kuzma sees it as a blessing in disguise for his former Los Angeles Lakers teammates. The incoming third-year forward, who has remained friends with Ingram, Ball and Hart, told Arash Markazi of the Los Angeles Times that […]

New Orleans Pelicans point guard Lonzo Ball is hyping up his teammate Josh Hart’s video game skills. Ball spoke about Hart’s pixelated tenacity in a feature on NBA stars’ involvement in esports via Tyler Erzberger in ESPN.com: “The biggest gamer I know personally is Josh Hart,” said Lonzo Ball at PUBG Mobile’s Team Up Superstar […]

Zion Williamson sees great potential in new teammate Lonzo Ball, who will have a chance to restart his career in New Orleans with the Pelicans. How high a potential? Williamson thinks he can flourish in a faster pace, even to the point of becoming the best point guard in the league: “That is in his […]

New Orleans Pelicans point guard Lonzo Ball has reportedly sold Big Baller Brand’s distribution warehouse in Los Angeles, according to a report by the LA Times’ Neal Leitereg. The 14,635-square-foot building was used as a distribution center for Big Baller Brand, a clothing and footwear company launched in 2016 by Ball’s father, LaVar Ball. Lonzo […]

The New Orleans Pelicans scored quite a coup from the Los Angeles Lakers when they finally agreed to send former cornerstone superstar Anthony Davis to Hollywood. In exchange for the six-time All-Star, New Orleans got a handful of studs in Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, and Josh Hart. Following the big trade, some rumors began emerging […]

Lonzo Ball is only 21, but he’s ready to be a leader on the New Orleans Pelicans in 2019-20. Ball, who has been in the national spotlight since high school, believes he can help the young guys on the Pelicans “through their journey.” “I’ve been in the league for two years now, so I kind […]

New Pelicans point guard Lonzo Ball has fresh ink to show off to his teammates and the league. In a profile shot shared by the 21-year-old guard, entering his third NBA season, on Instagram, Ball poses with new tattoos doting his left arm and elbow. It looks like former US President Barack Obama and civil […]

New Orleans Pelicans point guard Lonzo Ball says it’s a “blessing” to be in New Orleans. Ball has only heard great things about The Big Easy. The guard says there’s no other city in the world like New Orleans. #Pelicans point guard Lonzo Ball on his new #NBA city: "Everybody says when you’re in New […]