EL SEGUNDO, Calif. –- All Lonzo Ball wants for his birthday -- besides a win against the Toronto Raptors -- is for his fellow rookies to serenade him with the version of "Happy Birthday" that he prefers.
Ball requested the Stevie Wonder "Happy Birthday" song but when the Lakers gathered their rookies to sing Happy Birthday -- as they do whenever a player celebrates his birthday -- not all the rookies were able to deliver for their 20-year-old point guard.
"There's like the regular version, like the white version [of 'Happy Birthday']," Ball explained.