Lonzo, I Am Your Father

First off, Ill be having ACL and Meniscus reconstruction tomorrow morning after a tough football injury at college, which means Ill be sitting back doing nothing but watching and writing about sports. Its not as bad as it sounds, trust me. Anyways. After receiving tons of criticism for sitting out the Monday summer league game against college personal rival De'aaron Fox and the Kings, Lonzo silenced the critics with his performance tonight. There isn't an athlete right now who has more eyes on him than Lonzo Ball. With that being said there isn't a family in sports right now that has more eyes on them than the famous Ball family. Lavar considers all his boasting and smack talk to be family love and having belief in his sons. While this is admirable, he's taken some of his opinions to extremes such as his encounter with Kristine Leahy, the assistant on Colin Cowherd's show The Herd. Hes also been brought on multiple sport shows, giving hot takes like his son will be better than two time MVP Steph Curry, and the famous line that Jordan can't beat Lavar. People can't help but find Lavar crazy for going on national television and saying he can beat arguably the best player of all time, meanwhile Lavar struggled heavily at every level of basketball he played. At this point it seems like these shows are bringing him on for the sole reason of viewership. It is sometimes hard to believe Lonzo is Lavars son due to the respectable humbleness of the oldest Ball son. It seems as if Lonzo can block out all the noise about his family and just do his thing on the court. The new Laker definitely did not feel any pressure in tonight's first round matchup against the Fultzless 76ers. Lonzo led a 4th quarter comeback, finishing with 36 points, 8 rebounds, and 11 assists. It is not everyday you see a summer league arena on their feet giving chants. That was the case tonight with the Lakers slowly pulling the game closer as they did not lead since the first quarter. Saying this is a result of anything besides the drafting of Lonzo Ball would be preposterous. Tomorrow, Ball and the men in yellow will play the Cavaliers (#2 seed) in the second round of the playoffs at 10:30 eastern time. Take it how you want it considering it is only summer league, but the Cavaliers are undefeated and are most likely licking their chops to get a chance at bringing down Ball. I'll be surprised if Ball brings anything less than his A game tomorrow night, considering it seems like this kid was made for big time moments.