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Big Baller Brand is still on the lookout for a partner willing to invest in helping become a dual brand, and the first of its kind. That recently led owner LaVar Ball to Chinese company Anta, after failing to convince Nike and Adidas and Under Armour, that his billion dollar asking price is a worthwhile […]

Every year, the top prospects in every sport usually sign with major brands like Nike, Adidas, or Under Armour. However, Lonzo Ball is unlike any prospect after being selected with the second overall pick at the 2017 NBA Draft. After Ball’s father met with the major brands and could not come to an agreement, the […]

There’s been plenty of buzz surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers this 2017, in large part due to the team’s selection of rookie Lonzo Ball at the NBA Draft. Now, there are actual stats to back up that claim. As Chris Herring of FiveThirtyEight points out, Ball appeared in 702 published news stories on mainstream media […]

At the 2017 NBA Draft, the Los Angeles Lakers selected Lonzo Ball with the second overall pick. With Ball being the team’s point guard of the future, President of Basketball Operations Magic Johnson and general manager Rob Pelinka traded D’Angelo Russell and Timofey Mozgov to the Brooklyn Nets to create cap space for 2018 free […]

The top basketball video game, the NBA 2K series, has continued unveiling the ratings for players for the upcoming NBA 2K18, which is scheduled to be released on September 15. After revealing the numbers for some of the league’s stars like Damian Lillard, Isaiah Thomas, and Paul George, 2K Sports tweeted the first look and […]

Lonzo Ball has tried each of the major sneaker brands during his eye-catching stint in this year’s Summer League and could likely make a choice of one of the holy trinity (Nike, Adidas, Under Armour) of sneaker kingdom in the near future. Teammate Brandon Ingram and fellow rising star Andrew Wiggins are doing their best […]

In the last few months, LaVar Ball has become essentially a constant soundboard for head-scratching statements. Ball was at once again when he was recently asked about if he would run for president in the future and gave a response that threw some shade at Nike. Watch more This was clearly a spur of the […]

D’Angelo Russell is no more in Los Angeles. It’s now the beginning of the Lonzo Ball era. Players will love to run more, knowing that their lead playmaker will actually look to make plays for his teammates first and foremost. Ball has proven it in the Summer League where he won Most Valuable Player honors. […]

LaVar Ball and his family’s antics have caught the NBA offseason like wildfire, be it by way of a new Facebook documentary series in the works or LaVar’s youngest son, LaMelo, getting an earful from his pops. Now the Ball clan’s viral ways have spread unto the siblings’ significant others as well. Qwik11Hoops just shared a video featuring Lonzo […]

This offseason, the Los Angeles Lakers decided to effectively replace D’Angelo Russell by selecting former UCLA point guard Lonzo Ball with the second overall pick in the draft. It created an awkward aura around the situation, especially with Russell deciding to attend the Las Vegas Summer League earlier this month. During a recent interview on The […]

There has been nothing but optimism spewing from nearly everyone in or around the Los Angeles Lakers this offseason since the selection of rookie point guard Lonzo Ball. According to Chris Ladd of Sumner Home Page, Lakers veteran forward Corey Brewer has chimed in with his own excitement about playing with the 19-year-old this upcoming season. […]

There has been a brewing feud between rookie point guards Lonzo Ball and De’Aaron Fox that has only grown larger with each passing week. During an interview with Joe Mussatto of SEC Country, Los Angeles Lakers veteran forward Julius Randle weighed in on the situation. “Obviously De’Aaron’s a great player,” Randle said. “I loved him through the […]

Since Lonzo Ball was selected with the second overall pick in this year’s draft, the Los Angeles Lakers have experienced a dramatic shift in the culture around the team. According to J.A. Adande of ESPN, it has also quickly led to all the of the remaining season tickets for the 2017-18 season to be sold out. […]

When John Stockton got his first pay in the NBA, he bought himself a television so he could catch the Super Bowl. Well,  that’s because Stockton wasn’t a big baller. With Lonzo Ball hitting pay dirt by signing a four-year $33.4 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers this summer, his life is having a major […]

Since the Los Angeles Lakers selected rookie point guard Lonzo Ball, there has been nothing but praise thrown towards him. His teammate Julius Randle has lofted his own major compliment in the direction of the former UCLA point guard, according to Caitlyn Stroh of Kentucky Sports. “He makes everybody better, he’s a great player, he […]

For NBA rookies and less experienced players, the Summer League is the optimal time to test the waters as basketball professional. A long season looms ahead for these emerging NBA players, and they have two weeks to play in a more lighthearted manner, getting to know their young teammates in the pursuit for a Summer League championship. […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid is a very active personality on social media. He is not shy to call out something that he does not like, or to ask famous pop stars out. One thing that he certainly did not like is what LaVar Ball was talking about before the 2017 NBA Draft. While Ball […]

A lot may have already been said about Lonzo Ball, from his Chino Hills days to his recent Summer League play. Some are believing that he will be a star in the NBA, while others remain skeptical until he plays against real NBA competition. That said, the opinion on him by the public may not […]

The first few weeks of free agency have passed, and the Los Angeles Lakers have remained one of the quietest teams in the league. The Lakers’ only move was inking former Detroit Pistons guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to a one-year, $18 million deal. However, Mark Medina of the Orange County Register is reporting that the front office […]

Since the Los Angeles Lakers selected Lonzo Ball with the second overall pick in this year’s draft, team president Magic Johnson has done nothing but voice his praise toward him. Johnson took that to another level on Tuesday afternoon as he stated that the 19-year-old shares the same level of basketball IQ as him, according […]

The Los Angeles Lakers aren’t just the 2017 Las Vegas Summer League kings. They’re also TV ratings royalty. Sports broadcasting giant ESPN has released its TV viewership records — as gathered by Nielsen — for the Summer League, which improved by 112 percent compared to last year’s numbers. From only 369,000 pair of eyeballs in 2016, […]

The 2017 NBA Summer League offers everyone the first glimpse into the early development of young and unknown players. Rookies, second-year players, G-League standouts, free agent hopefuls, and rising coaches are all trying to make a name for themselves in Las Vegas. This year was no different as prominent NBA executives, players, former players, scouts, agents, and […]

As reported by Laker Nation’s Serena Winters, the July 8th Summer League matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics was the most-watched Summer League game ever, with roughly 1.1 million views on ESPN. The Lakers also played in six of the seven most viewed games on ESPN in Summer League history: ESPN sent […]

As the Los Angeles Lakers‘ president of basketball operations, Magic Johnson is doing everything in his power to bring his beloved Lakers back to relevance. Johnson, one of only five NBA players in history to have accumulated over 10,000 assists, knows an outstanding floor general when he sees one. And with Los Angeles selecting UCLA point […]

Despite being only 19 years old, there’s already a lot of pressure on the young shoulders of Lonzo Ball. He was a highly touted rookie out of UCLA and was selected second overall in last month’s draft by one of the league’s most storied franchises, the Los Angeles Lakers. Instead of lowering the expectations on […]

The Los Angeles Lakers took a huge blow recently, as this year’s second overall pick and Summer League MVP, Lonzo Ball, suffered a calf injury that forced him to miss the championship game on Monday. The team immediately had x-rays and an MRI done on him to find out its extent and also to check if there […]

After winning MVP for the 2017 NBA Summer League due to his outstanding play, Los Angeles Lakers rookie point guard Lonzo Ball has been the talk of NBA Twitterverse: Lonzo Ball named NBA Summer League MVP in Las Vegas. 16.3 points9.3 assists7.7 rebounds pic.twitter.com/asSJywCxsA — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 18, 2017 Showtime is back, baby: […]

Lonzo Ball has made a strong start to his professional career with a number of solid performances in the recently concluded Las Vegas Summer League. He recorded two-triple doubles and was named the MVP of the tournament to the delight of the Los Angeles Lakers fans. However, team president Magic Johnson understands that the level […]

On Monday Night, the Los Angeles Lakers won the 2017 Las Vegas Summer League championship by upending the Portland Trail Blazers. Despite rookie point guard Lonzo Ball not being able to play in the title game due to a mild calf strain, the 19-year-old did set a Summer League record, according to ESPN. Lonzo Ball’s […]

Even before the start of the summer league games, one of the most anticipated matchups was between the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings, which would feature highly touted rookies Lonzo Ball and De’Aaron Fox. The two met twice during their NCAA careers, and the fifth overall pick in last month’s draft had better individual […]

Much of the talk about the Los Angeles Lakers this offseason has revolved around the apparent local savior of the franchise in Lonzo Ball. Even leading up to the conclusion of the Summer League campaign, Ball’s groin injury was the talk of the town that many perceived would inevitably lead to the Lakers’ demise in the championship game against the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have a ton of celebrities for fans, and most of them are just as critical and passionate about their team as the real die-hard fans from the City of Angels. Members of the enduring rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers are just several of those true and famous Lakers fans often seen courtside back […]

The people in charge of the Portland Trail Blazers‘ Twitter account just made a subtle shot at Lonzo Ball, before the start of their team’s Summer League finale against the Los Angeles Lakers. After deciding to wear other players’ signature shoes and not his own, the Blazers’ social media team made an “update” on what Jake […]

For someone who looks like Drake, you could say that Lonzo Ball went from zero to a hundred. After starting the Summer League on a bad note, scoring just five points on an embarrassing 2-for-15 shooting from the field in a loss to the L.A. Clippers, the ex-UCLA Bruin quickly turned it around, helping the […]

New York Knicks‘ new signing Tim Hardaway Jr. knows what it’s like to have a father on his ear while being on the spotlight of the biggest basketball league in the world. With recent headlines being dominated by rookie Lonzo Ball and his often-outspoken father LaVar, the four-year veteran offered some advice to both father […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are set to take the court on Monday night for the Las Vegas Summer League Final against the Portland Trail Blazers. However, the Lakers have ruled out rookie point guard Lonzo Ball from the game due to a mild calf strain that he suffered in the semifinal game against the Dallas […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been pleasantly encouraged by the play of rookie point guard Lonzo Ball through the first seven games of the Las Vegas Summer League. However, there have remained detractors concerning his shooting ability as he’s struggled with his shot at times over the last couple of weeks. During a radio interview […]

The Summer League has been a great avenue for some of the highly-touted rookies from the recent draft to showcase their skills. On Sunday, the ninth overall pick, Dennis Smith Jr., had his first opportunity to go up against Lonzo Ball, selected second overall by the Los Angeles Lakers. The Dallas Mavericks point guard did not […]

Lonzo Ball’s shoe selection during the Summer League games has continued to make headlines. While many expected him to showcase his own ZO2’s, he has surprisingly worn other players’ like Kobe Bryant, James Harden, and Stephen Curry’s signature kicks instead — with the latest being Jordan Brand‘s. During Saturday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets, the former UCLA […]