Lonzo Ball

Inside High School Basketball's Most Chaotic 30-3 Season

... what they were getting into,” Baik told USA TODAY High School Sports. It's reunion time. New Chino Hills coach Stephan Gilling, former Chino Hills coach Steve Baik and La Var Ball. __link__/l 4 mouc Ofhl. — eric sondheimer (@latsondheimer) June 29, 2016. As Lonzo Ball’s success at UCLA continued, Ball became more polarizing. He regularly called into sports-talk radio shows and appeared in person at Fox Sports’ Los Angeles studio. He’d claim that his eldest son is better than 2-time NBA MVP Steph Curry. He’d boast that he could beat Michael Jordan in one-on-one. He’d exchange verbal blows with NBA Hall of Famer and TNT analyst Charles Barkley. Most recently he angered Le Bron James. He has refused to back down from anyone, regardless of fame or basketball stature. Ball did not respond to request for comment from For The Win. An associate, Alan Foster, told ...

Grant Hill Talks Sweet 16, Lonzo Ball, The Laettner Shot

... Butler upset North Carolina. A: It’s tough. North Carolina has a lot of talented, big bodies down low. Butler has to use their guys, who are versatile, and step outside and take advantage of the mismatches of having North Carolina guard on the perimeter. Butler has wins this season over Villanova (twice) and Arizona. The idea of Butler being scared isn’t going to happen. They know they can beat teams like this. Q: How has Kentucky improved from the team UCLA beat earlier this season. A: De’Aaron Fox is more aggressive and asserting himself offensively, Bam [Adebayo] is getting more and more comfortable and getting touches and making [himself] a threat offensively. Malik Monk struggles, but he’s so capable of going off and loves the big game and the big stage. I think through his struggles he’s developed more of a complete game than maybe what he had earlier this year. This game is going to be fun with so much talent on the floor. It feels like a Final Four game. Q: Do you agree with the comparison some have made between Lonzo Ball and Jason Kidd. A: There are some ...

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... cutter. Ball is a much more well-rounded player. Fultz is elite scoring from the pick and roll, but ball is elite at almost everything. Both players are good, but Ball’s numbers are fantastic. In Fultz’s favor is that he’s more effective than Lonzo in the action point guards do about 58% of their possessions, operate out of the pick and roll. However, Ball is superior in every other category. Shot Charts. To get more of an understand of where their shots come from, here are the season-long shot charts for both players. Fultz’s is on the left and Ball’s is on the right. The numbers may be small, but the more blue an area is, the better shooter a player is from that area. Two things stand out to me from looking at this. Lonzo Ball has crazy range from deep. Lonzo Ball doesn’t shoot mid-range shots much at all. This second observation would lead me to believe one of two things. He can’t shoot from mid-range. He possesses Daryl Morey-eske shot selection. I investigated this to find out more. From watching hundreds of clips of film on Ball, I ascertained that he can shoot ...

Is Lonzo Ball's Overly Proud Dad Putting Too Much Pressure On Him Or Is He Making Him A Star

... company for his three kids. “I knew I had a brand when I had all three, the big baller brand,” said Ball. So, is he a marketing genius or an obnoxious parent who needs to take a step back. “It’s both,” said Anthony Elliott of Mount Airy. “If they never heard of this guy and his kids, now they’re looking them up,” admitted Bennett. “It always comes back to bite you. Everyone ends up wanting you or your kids to fail,” said Philly resident David Alperin. “I think Lavar Ball is having his show day,” said Dr. Sue Cornbluth, a national parenting expert. She says Ball’s antics could distract his son during the tournament and over time, cause added stress, anxiety and even depression. “It’s great to be a proud parent, but sometimes you can put too much pressure on your son or you daughter to perform at such a high level.”. Dr. Cornbluth says only time will tell if the impact is ...

The Lonzo Ball Show Is Taking Over The Ncaa Tournament

... Carolina will show why it's best team in March Madness. SACRAMENTO, Calif. – To those who haven’t seen much of star freshman Lonzo Ball and UCLA’s incredible offense, catch them while you can. To the rest of the teams remaining in the NCAA Tournament, catch them if you can. Though No. 6 Cincinnati was able to slow the nation’s highest-scoring offense to a season-low 30 points in the first half of Sunday’s second-round NCAA Tournament game, No. 3 UCLA’s seemingly unstoppable attack awoke in spectacular fashion, exploding for 49 points and 63 percent shooting in the second half to seal a 79-67 South Region win at the Golden 1 Center. “I don’t know of a more fun basketball team to watch when we’re clicking, and we’ve had a lot of games where we’ve been clicking,” Bruins coach Steve Alford said. “Against a defense like that, it’s very encouraging. … This team showed its colors again. … They’re taking us coaches on an incredible journey.”. It was Ball who grabbed the wheel, as usual, and directed the Bruins (31-4) to their third Sweet 16 in the past four years – setting up a highly anticipated matchup with No. ...

Lavar Ball Knows You Are Buying What He Is Selling

... the favorite. Two, Michigan's success is not solely due to hot shooting. 2 Related. Go ahead and call the Ball father another stage dad in a Kardashian culture. Go ahead and mock the man's forecast that Lonzo's funky release is destined to deliver great NBA things. Go ahead and use his wild claims to conclude that, you know, Ball Does Lie. But don't say his approach, to date, is failing. The Balls are already half as famous in basketball as the Mannings are in football (and climbing), and their own Peyton, Lonzo, has been throwing more than his share of perfect passes downfield. Question: If La Var Ball is so bad for his oldest child, why is his oldest child thriving at a time when sudden-death stakes can make college players and coaches lose their minds. Answer: La Var Ball isn't bad for his oldest child, and he likely isn't bad for his high-scoring UCLA-bound sons in high school, Li Angelo and La Melo. Lonzo has said that his father, once a ...

From Shaq To Lonzo Ball, Glorious Past To Questions About Future

... From Shaq to Lonzo Ball, glorious past to questions about future. Shaquille O'Neal speaks during a ceremony to unveil a bronze statue of Los Angeles Lakers and NBA Hall of Fame player O’Neal in Star Plaza at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Friday, March 24, 2017. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG). # Comments. UCLA guard Lonzo Ball shoots the ball against Kentucky in the second half of an NCAA college basketball tournament South Regional semifinal game Friday, March 24, 2017, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey). No one does nostalgia like the Lakers and they never did it better than Friday’s ceremony when it seemed like half the Hall of Fame emptied out to see them unveil Shaquille O’Neal’s statue. Jerry West, Elgin Baylor (by the way, where’s his statue?), Phil Jackson, James Worthy, Snoop Dogg — even Kobe Bryant telling Shaq’s six children, “Your dad was a baaaad man,” were there. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar zinged Shaq and Kobe, noting that they thought there was as much chance of Kobe showing up as there were of Shaq making a free throw. If Shaq was, indeed, the Most Dominant Ever as he claimed, so much of his potential was unfulfilled. ...

Lavar Ball Says No One Is Taking De'aaron Fox Over Lonzo Ball

... to lose. It's OK. No one goes undefeated.' They went 15-17 last year and went to the Sweet 16. This won't be his legacy. It's just a step to get to the ultimate goal - the NBA.". Those comments are rather modest compared to the La Var's claims that Lonzo is better than current back-to-back NBA MVP Stephen Curry right now. But Lonzo will now get his chance to compete against Curry next season. The freshman announced his intentions to enter the NBA Draft in the locker room after UCLA's loss in the Sweet 16. As for the Bruins, UCLA coach Steve Alford was rumored to be a candidate for the vacancy at his alma mater Indiana. However,  Dayton coach Archie Miller was given the job on Saturday. "I feel good about that," La Var said about Alford staying at UCLA. "He knows my boys. I like his style, and I'm glad he's staying.". Lonzo's younger brother, Li Angelo , will be a freshman with the Bruins next season. And, of course, La Var is already starting the hype train for his second-oldest son. "He's (Li Angelo) ...