One of those jaded deadbeats passing for an East Coast reporter welcomed Lonzo Ball to New York on Wednesday afternoon by asking him to share his “worst nightmare” on the eve of being drafted into the N.B.A.
Ball, seemingly the personality opposite of his blabbermouth father, LaVar Ball, was bewildered by the question.
“I really don’t have one,” he said in a voice best described as subdued.
That could be because Ball, a 6-foot-6 point guard whose playing style has been compared to Jason Kidd’s, is expected to be taken with the second pick Thursday night by Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers, Ball’s hometown team of choice.