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After Patrick Beverley put Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball through a living nightmare in his NBA debut, LaVar Ball had some tough words for the Clippers guard, who called his son a “weak m****** f*****” after the game. "Yeah, you shut the m-----f----- down," LaVar Ball told ESPN. "And your check still ain't going to go no higher than what it is. Yeah, you shut him down. OK ... Who is Patrick Beverley? He played all last year and nobody said nothing about him. Now we are looking at your first game. Why? Because Lonzo's name is attached to it. "So you got to be [all hard]," he added. "Let's see what you do the next five games, if you are going to be pumped up towards everybody like that and go back to Continue to Article

October 20, 2017 10:22:am EST

After all the hype around Lonzo Ball’s arrival in the NBA, it was clear that Patrick Beverley was keen to show the new kid who's who when the Clippers faced the Lakers in their first game of the season. Ever since Ball, the 19-year-old rookie, was drafted by the Lakers as the second overall pick, the L.A. fan base has been rejuvenated by expectations. Continue to Article

October 20, 2017 8:47:am EST

After months of overeager-dad generated hype, Lonzo Ball’s actual NBA debut Thursday left a lot to be desired. Ball, expected to help bring the Lakers back to contender status, didn’t exactly bring them any closer on night one. Ball finished with a pedestrian line—3 points, 4 rebounds, and 9 assists. Continue to Article

October 20, 2017 1:35:am EST

The infamous Ball family is leaving no money making opportunity on the table. "The Ball family is now charging $15,000 for interviews that extend past Ball's media obligations as a member of the Lakers," Seerat Sohi writes in Vice Sports. Continue to Article

October 19, 2017 4:46:pm EST

After drafting Josh Jackson No. 4 overall this summer and adding him to an ostensibly promising group of Devin Booker, Marquese Chriss, and Dragan Bender, the Phoenix Suns lost their season opener to the Portland Trail Blazers by 48 points in front of their home crowd. It could have been worse: They were down as many as 58. Some consolation. Phoenix’s awful Wednesday night marked the worst season-opening loss in NBA history, according to Basketball-Reference, eclipsing the Nuggets’ 46-point blowout win over the Clippers in 1987. It was also the worst loss in Phoenix Suns history. To make matters worse, they lost to the Trail Blazers without C.J. McCollum, who was serving a one-game suspension. Continue to Article

October 19, 2017 11:10:am EST

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