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Lonzo Ball Honors African American Icons With Tattoo Sleeve

Lonzo Ball debuted a new tattoo sleeve on his left arm that honors some of the nation's greatest African-American heroes over the last two centuries.

Designed by artist Steve Butcher, Ball's sleeve begins with the phrase "The Marathon Continues" and features a flag behind a host of American icons. Ball honored President Obama and Martin Luther King Jr. on his new sleeve, as well as Harriett Tubman, Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson and Malcolm X.

The "marathon continues" phrase may have been a tribute to Nipsey Hussle's popular mantra after the late rapper viewed his work and life as a marathon and in it for the long haul.