Most of his teammates have at least one tattoo, his best friend on the team, Kyle Kuzma, is covered in them and his head coach Luke Walton has several. But Lonzo Ball began his NBA career without any body art at all.
Partly, they'd never interested him. Partly, his father, LaVar, frowned upon them.
That changed this winter. While Ball was out with a sprained MCL, he decided to get a couple of small tattoos in solidarity with his middle brother, LiAngelo.
In cursive on one wrist, Ball has tattooed "motivated by Jesus, dedicated to the game," along with an image of a cross.