The evolving legal situation between Lonzo Ball and Big Baller Brand co-founder Alan Foster took it’s latest (public) turn on Wednesday night, as Tania Ganguli and Richard Winton of The Los Angeles Times are reporting that the FBI is investigating whether Foster did or did not defraud Ball and his family of millions of dollars.
That will obviously be an incredibly complicated and important legal situation for the Ball family, but tucked away in Ganguli and Winton’s report was one more interesting little tidbit that is more directly relevant to the Lakers — that it was Foster who was the one who convinced Ball to only workout for his hometown team:
Foster also encouraged Lonzo to refuse to workout for any team other than the Lakers, according to a person familiar with their communications.