If one thing is clear from Lonzo Ball’s first week in Los Angeles, it’s that everyone around the Lakers is impressed with him.
President of basketball operations Magic Johnson called him “the new face of the Lakers,” general manager Rob Pelinka has said his talent is “transcendent” and Brandon Ingram has said playing with him will be “fun” (which for the soft-spoken Ingram is basically the equivalent of saying Ball will win the next 10 MVPs).
Even Brook Lopez, who the team officially introduced as a Laker for the first time Wednesday and has been with the team less than a week, told Serena Winters of Lakers Nation that Ball’s amazing abilities are the first thing that stood out to him over his first few days in the gym with his new team.