When the door to the practice facility finally opened and everyone crushed in around Lonzo for the scrum, he was typically economical with his words. That’s at least one spot where the apple apparently fell a little far from the promotional tree. The whole thing lasted seven minutes, 47 seconds before the team pulled the plug and bundled him off to
lunch with Jeanie, Joey, and Jesse Buss. (The Lakers brass did not address the media.)
Ball — who, notably, wore James Harden’s signature shoes and not his own for the workout — offered lots of clipped answers, from what he thought of the drills (he tried to stay focused), to what kind of shooting they put him through (typical stuff), to what it was like to meet Magic and the Lakers decision-makers for the first time (it was a lot of fun), to whether this is the place he wants to play (of course, he wants to stay home). He said nice things about Magic and called him the best point guard ever. Twice. And naturally he addressed whether dear ol’ dad will be “a huge distraction” in Los Angeles if he plays here.
