<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Lonzo-Ball-admits-his-_lowest-moment_-that-changed-his-career-forever.jpg"></figure><h1>Pelicans’ Lonzo Ball admits his ‘lowest moment’ that changed his career forever</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-06-12T20:00:41-07:00">June 12th, 8:00pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-06-12T20:14:51-07:00">June 12th, 8:14pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/new-orleans-pelicans">New Orleans Pelicans</a> stud Lonzo Ball is one of the brightest young guards in the NBA today. This is exactly why it’s hard to believe that at one point in his career, he was actually not considered good enough to make the cut in a particular team.</p><p>In a recent appearance on Uninterrupted’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B0xaa2dauk"><i>Who’s Interviewing Who?</i></a>, Ball revealed what he considers to be the lowest point in his entire basketball career:</p><blockquote>“My lowest moment in basketball came after my freshman year in high school,” Ball said, via <a href="https://lonzowire.usatoday.com/2021/06/12/lonzo-ball-news-lowest-moment-team-usa-olympics-jayson-tatum/">Jacob Rude of Lonzo Wire</a>. “My pops never let me play AAU or travel ball or nothing like that so I was just local kid nobody really knew about. But I got an invitation to the USA camp to make the team and I ended up getting cut and that kind of shaped my whole high school career from that because I was like ‘There’s no way I’m not one of the best 15 players in my class.’ I went from not even being ranked to I think I made it to No. 2 by the time I was a senior. It just gave me motivation just to chase all the guys in front of me that people thought were better than me.”</blockquote><p>As indicated by Jacob Rude in his report, it looks like Ball is referring to the 2013 USA Under-16 National Team here. In his mind, the Pelicans guard believed that he was more than good enough to be part of that squad. Ball, who is set to enter <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-zion-williamson-could-be-the-reason-why-new-orleans-lets-lonzo-ball-walk-in-free-agency/">free agency</a> in the offseason, simply could not fathom how he was omitted from the team.</p><p>To his credit, Lonzo Ball used this occurrence as motivation to master his craft. True enough, the Pelicans guard ended up being a better basketball player than over 90% of the players on that Under-16 squad. For what it’s worth, that team had the likes of Harry Giles, Terrance Ferguson, Thomas Bryant, Josh Jackson, and a handful of players who never made it to the NBA.</p><p>There was only one player on that team that Ball has been unable to surpass. After all, not many in the NBA can say that they’re better than <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/jayson-tatum/a6dc0929">Jayson Tatum</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pelicans’ Lonzo Ball admits his ‘lowest moment’ that changed his career forever

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/image_2021-06-12_102211.png"></figure><h1>LeBron James reacts to Lonzo Ball revealing favorite message from Lakers star</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-06-11T19:35:41-07:00">June 11th, 7:35pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-06-11T19:49:24-07:00">June 11th, 7:49pm</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/@rpsalao">R.P. Salao</a>Check out my best stuff on Medium - medium.com/@rpsalao.I also post quality NBA YouTube content - tinyurl.com/SalaoYouTube.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It feels like ages ago for Lakers fans, but former top pick Lonzo Ball was once the future in Los Angeles. Then LeBron James came in and things became more about the present.</p><p>But for one transition year, LeBron James and the young Lakers spent an entire season together. In <a href="https://twitter.com/ZO2_/status/1403490184801361926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1403490184801361926%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php">his episode</a> of Who’s Interviewing Who from Uninterrupted, the New Orleans Pelicans star revealed the best advice he received from the then 17-year face of the league. The former Lakers top pick even thanked James on Twitter for the words of wisdom.</p><blockquote>“I think the best advice I got was from LeBron so far, he sat me down one time in the locker room. Obviously, he’s been through everything, he kinda knew all the crazy stuff I was going through when I first got to the league and he told me ‘Keep the main thing, the main thing’.That probably stuck with me the most. Once you take care of what you got to take care of on the court, the everything falls into place.”</blockquote><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Always appreciate the wise words from my guy <a href="https://twitter.com/KingJames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@kingjames</a> 💯🤞🏽</p><p>📺 Watch my episode with <a href="https://twitter.com/hayes_jaxson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@hayes_jaxson</a> and the OG <a href="https://twitter.com/RKHorry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@RKHorry</a>: <a href="https://t.co/wp4tNFEu2Y" target="_blank">https://t.co/wp4tNFEu2Y</a><a href="https://twitter.com/uninterrupted?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@UNINTERRUPTED</a>’s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhosInterviewingWho?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#WhosInterviewingWho</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/GoArmy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@goarmy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ad</a></p><p>— Lonzo Ball (@ZO2_) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZO2_/status/1403490184801361926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">June 11, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>LeBron James quickly responded to Lonzo Ball’s message thanking him, keeping his door open anytime for his former Lakers teammate.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Always a text, a phone call or FT away bro!! You already know. 🙏🏾✊🏾❤️👑 <a href="https://t.co/ejFneYx2ys" target="_blank">https://t.co/ejFneYx2ys</a></p><p>— LeBron James (@KingJames) <a href="https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1403490858045906944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">June 11, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Lonzo Ball may not be a part of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/los-angeles-lakers/records">Lakers’ future anymore</a>. But both LeBron James and the LA faithful hope nothing but success for their former point guard.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

LeBron James reacts to Lonzo Ball revealing favorite message from Lakers star

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/pelicans-news-zion-williamson-could-be-the-reason-why-new-orleans-lets-lonzo-ball-walk-in-free-agency.jpg"></figure><h1>Zion Williamson could be the reason why Pelicans let Lonzo Ball walk in free agency</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-05-28T19:19:54-07:00">May 28th, 7:19pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-05-30T05:27:55-07:00">May 30th, 5:27am</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The future of Lonzo Ball with the New Orleans Pelicans is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-lonzo-ball-speaks-on-future-in-new-orleans-with-free-agency-looming/">anything but guaranteed</a> at this point. As it turns out, a key development in Zion Williamson’s game could actually prove to be the key factor that leads to the Pels letting Ball walk away as a free agent this summer.</p><p>According to <a href="https://hoopshype.com/lists/warriors-rumors-west-offseason-previews/">Michael Scotto of HoopsHype</a>, the fact that the Pelicans have tested Zion’s fit as the team’s primary point guard might not bode well for Ball’s future in New Orleans:</p><blockquote>The noise about Chicago being in the mix for Lonzo seems to have some legs to it depending on who you talk to around the league. There is a belief Lonzo can get around $20 million. I don’t know if New Orleans is going to value him that much, especially as they experimented with the point role towards the end of the season.</blockquote><p>Zion Williamson has shown the ability to serve as the team’s ball handler, and the Pelicans are apparently willing to hand him over the reins of the offense from a playmaking standpoint. The point forward position has emerged as a unique and effective weapon in the NBA today, and Williamson absolutely fits that mold.</p><p>It is also worth noting that according to the above report, Ball could be looking for a contract in the region of $20 million per year. The Pelicans might not be able/willing to meet his demands, which would open up an opportunity for a team such as the Chicago Bulls to swoop in. Squads such as the Los Angeles Clippers and New York Knicks have likewise been linked to Lonzo, so it goes without saying that the 23-year-old will not be short on options this summer.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Zion Williamson could be the reason why Pelicans let Lonzo Ball walk in free agency

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/pelicans-news-zion-williamsons-blunt-take-on-lonzo-balls-future-with-new-orleans-amid-free-agency-rumors.jpg"></figure><h1>Zion Williamson’s blunt take on Lonzo Ball’s future with Pelicans amid free agency rumors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-05-17T15:20:04-07:00">May 17th, 3:20pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-05-17T15:22:48-07:00">May 17th, 3:22pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With the 2020-21 campaign now officially coming to a close for the New Orleans Pelicans, the team is now set to enter what should be a particularly interesting offseason. The future of incoming free agent Lonzo Ball is one of the biggest issues the Pelicans must address this summer, and for his part, New Orleans star Zion Williamson has put in his two cents worth about the situation.</p><p>Ball could leave the Pelicans in the coming months if he opts not to renew his deal with the team. For Williamson, however, the 20-year-old is hopeful that Lonzo decides to remain with the squad:</p><blockquote>“It’d be dope,” Williamson said of Ball playing alongside him and All-Star forward Brandon Ingram, per <a href="https://lonzowire.usatoday.com/2021/05/17/zion-williamson-lonzo-ball-free-agent-rumors-pelicans/" rel="noopener">Jacob Rude USA TODAY Sports</a>. “I think me, Brandon and Zo, the three of us, we have a great relationship. I really would want Zo to come back and he knows that.”</blockquote><p>Zion makes his stance abundantly clear here. However, he also understands that there are a number of issues that need to be ironed out before this happens:</p><blockquote>“But like I said, the reality of the situation is, Zo’s a grown man so he’s going to make the decision that’s best for him,” Zion added. “The only thing I can say is I hope he stays.”</blockquote><p>Ball himself has already indicated that he would <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-news-lonzo-ball-speaks-on-future-in-new-orleans-with-free-agency-looming/">“love” to stay</a> in New Orleans, but that at this point, he is still keeping his options open.</p><p>The trio of Williamson, Ball, and Ingram has emerged as one of the most promising trifectas in the NBA. They have a ton of potential between them and as a unit, they might just have what it takes to take the Pelicans to the next level.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Zion Williamson’s blunt take on Lonzo Ball’s future with Pelicans amid free agency rumors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Pelicans-Lonzo-Ball-Zion-Williamson-Brandon-Ingram.jpg"></figure><h1>Pelicans’ Lonzo Ball speaks on future with Free Agency looming</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-05-17T12:36:15-07:00">May 17th, 12:36pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-05-17T12:36:47-07:00">May 17th, 12:36pm</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Freelance Sports Journalist.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New Orleans Pelicans endured another disappointing campaign in 2020/21,<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/new-orleans-pelicans/schedule"> failing to make the Play-In Tournament with a 31-41 record</a>. Guard Lonzo Ball meanwhile, hits free agency this summer. He was linked to a potential trade deadline move in March, but the former Laker ultimately stayed in NOLA.</p><p>Ball recently spoke out on his future with the organization,<a href="https://twitter.com/_Andrew_Lopez/status/1394358430299742209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1394358430299742209%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php"> per ESPN’s Andrew Lopez</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Lonzo Ball said he would “love” to be back in New Orleans next season but added he needs to talk with his agent and see what happens. </p><p>Added that he thinks they have the right pieces in NOLA, they just need to put it together.</p><p>— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) <a href="https://twitter.com/_Andrew_Lopez/status/1394358430299742209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">May 17, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Ball missed 17 games for the Pelicans this year, but he was solid when available. The 23-year-old averaged 14.6 points and 5.7 assists per night, serving as one of the team’s top primary facilitators.</p><p>He clearly believes that New Orleans has the right pieces in place to succeed, which is a valid statement. Zion Williamson is a superstar, while Brandon Ingram is also a pure scorer. Although Zion’s dominance hasn’t translated into wins quite yet, the future looks promising.</p><p>As for Ball, he should be a hot commodity in free agency. A point guard who can score and pass the ball at a high level is always valuable. The Pelicans could also go all out to retain his services, especially after Ball made it clear that he wants to stay with the organization.</p><p>With a budding partnership alongside Williamson, it would be smart for the Pels to award Lonzo Ball with a new deal, but we’ll have to see what happens.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pelicans’ Lonzo Ball speaks on future with Free Agency looming

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PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
14.6	4.8	5.7	0.6	1.5

2020-21 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
14.6	4.8	5.7	0.6	1.5