LAS VEGAS -- How much can we read into Lonzo Ball's nightmarish debut in a Los Angeles Lakers jersey Friday at the NBA's Las Vegas Summer League?
Ball, the No. 2 overall pick of this year's draft, was greeted with cheers by Lakers fans hoping he will be the next great Lakers star. But after an alley-oop lob to Brandon Ingram on the opening possession of the game, Ball didn't give Lakers fans much to cheer in a 96-93 overtime loss to the rival LA Clippers.
While Ball showed a sold-out lower bowl at the Thomas & Mack Center on the UNLV campus his court vision, he couldn't get a shot to go down.