Lonzo Ball

Lonzo Ball
	Ball with the New Orleans Pelicans in 2020
No. 2 – Chicago Bulls
Position	Point guard
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	October 27, 1997 (age 27); Anaheim, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Chino Hills (Chino Hills, California)
College	UCLA (2016–2017)
NBA draft	2017: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
	Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Playing career	2017–present
Career history
2017–2019	Los Angeles Lakers
2019–2021	New Orleans Pelicans
2021–present	Chicago Bulls
Career highlights and awards
	NBA All-Rookie Second Team (2018); Consensus first-team All-American (2017); Wayman Tisdale Award (2017); NABC Freshman of the Year (2017); NCAA assists leader (2017); First-team All-Pac-12 (2017); Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2017); National high school player of the year (2016); McDonald's All-American (2016); California Mr. Basketball (2016);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Lonzo Anderson Ball (born October 27, 1997)^[1] is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A point guard, he played college basketball for one season with the UCLA Bruins, earning consensus first-team All-American honors before the Los Angeles Lakers selected him with the second overall pick of the 2017 NBA draft. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in 2018.

As a high school senior at Chino Hills High School in 2016 Ball was awarded multiple national high school player of the year honors, and led his team, alongside his brothers LiAngelo and LaMelo, to an undefeated 35-0 record and the consensus national top ranking. As a college freshman in 2016–17, he led the nation in assists and broke the UCLA record for the most assists in a season. Ball also won the Wayman Tisdale Award as the top freshman in the nation.

As an NBA rookie with the Lakers, his playing time was limited by shoulder and knee injuries, and he was sidelined for much of his second season after an ankle injury. He was traded at the end of the season to the New Orleans Pelicans in a trade package for Anthony Davis. He played two seasons with the Pelicans before joining the Bulls in a sign-and-trade deal, but a persistent knee injury has sidelined him for the majority of his tenure with the team, with him missing the entirety of the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons.

^ "Lonzo Ball". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on April 5, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2016.

[usab-1] "Lonzo Ball". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on April 5, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2016.

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