When the Los Angeles Lakers didn’t deal Lonzo Ball at the NBA deadline despite rampant Anthony Davis trade rumors for the entire week preceding it, his reaction was simple: To excitedly take to Instagram and celebrate:
Ball said on Bleacher Report’s “House of Highlights” show that as funny and well-timed as his reaction to his seemingly-impending-yet-ultimately-cancelled exile was, it wasn’t planned:
“I was in the training room getting treatment, and we was watching and right when (the trade deadline countdown) went to zero I just recorded it.