Lonzo Ball Says Being Traded to Pelicans is “Good News”

Lonzo Ball with UCLA in 2017
Lonzo Ball with UCLA in 2017. Photo by Peter Joneleit/CSM/REX/Shutterstock (8451262c)

Lonzo Ball entered the league with a lot of hype as the Los Angeles Lakers’ second overall pick in 2017 NBA Draft, but it’s safe to say that he is still to meet these expectations. However, he will have an opportunity to make a better impression with the New Orleans Pelicans, where he arrived as part of Anthony Davis’s trade.

Ball’s first two seasons in the league were marked by injuries and inconsistency, but he now joins a talented young team in New Orleans, where he can finally have a breakthrough. It seems like the 21-year-old is aware of this, as he recently called his trade to Pelicans “good news.”

“You probably heard the news. It’s good news in my opinion,” – said Ball in a video posted on Facebook, which was his first public comment since the trade took place. “Melo had a game today. He did good. I got traded. That was good. Now we’re going to be taking the show to New Orleans and turning up out there.”

Lonzo Ball was expected to be one of the building blocks of the new Lakers, and had a solid rookie season in NBA, averaging 10.2 points, 7.2 assists and 6.9 rebounds per game, even though he had an abysmal shot percentage of 36.0. Ball showed flashes of improvement in his sophomore season, but injuries limited him to only 47 games, and he ended up having a statistically even worse year.

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