{"id":6169,"date":"2024-11-30T07:51:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T07:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=6169"},"modified":"2024-11-30T07:51:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T07:51:51","slug":"lonzo-ball-reveals-main-reason-kobe-bryant-will-not-make-mount-rushmore-of-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=6169","title":{"rendered":"Lonzo Ball reveals main reason Kobe Bryant will not make Mount Rushmore of basketball.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bulls star Lonzo Ball made a recent apperance on WNBA star Angel Reese&#8217;s podcast, speaking about the late Kobe Bryant.<\/p>\n<div class=\"img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kobe-Bryant-and-Lonzo-Ball.jpg\" alt=\"Lonzo Ball reveals main reason Kobe Bryant will not make Mount Rushmore\u00a0of\u00a0basketball\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"img-info\">\n<p>Kobe Bryant and Lonzo Ball<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"desc\">\n<p>WNBA superstar\u00a0<strong>Angel Reese<\/strong>\u00a0has been enjoying her off-season after a vigorous 2023-24 WNBA season with her side, the Chicago Sky. Reese, in the meantime, has started her own podcast,\u00a0<em>Unapologetically Angel<\/em>. She has invited various NBA and WNBA players over the past few weeks on her show, discussing various topics about the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Angel Reese recently featured NBA and the Chicago Bulls star man,\u00a0<strong>Lonzo Ball\u00a0<\/strong>and his brother\u00a0<strong>LiAngelo<\/strong>\u00a0on her show. They discussed everything from basketball to life and everything in between. In one instance,\u00a0Lonzo shocked the NBA community. This was by asserting that the late legendary\u00a0<strong>Kobe Bryant<\/strong>\u00a0isn\u2019t among the top five players for a specific reason.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n<blockquote><p>I love Kobe Bryant, but he was never the best player to me when I was watching him. Just because he\u2019s got the most misses ever, you know what I\u2019m saying? I don\u2019t know. But back to Curry\u2014his resume, the way he changed the game\u2014he\u2019s the best shooter ever.<\/p>\n<p><cite>Lonzo Ball said on the \u2018Unapologetically Angel\u2019 show<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"perfmatters-lazy-youtube\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vpI0tk9G2Jc\" data-id=\"vpI0tk9G2Jc\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vpI0tk9G2Jc?feature=oembed&amp;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Ball, a former Laker, brings a special viewpoint to the discussion. He shared the court with\u00a0<strong>LeBron James<\/strong>, one of the greatest players to ever wear a Lakers uniform. Lonzo spent two years with the team after being selected second overall in the 2017 NBA Draft, averaging 10.0 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 6.4 assists per game on 38.0% shooting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=KartikMudaliar9&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1862288190603702709&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ffirstsportz.com%2Flonzo-ball-reveals-main-reason-kobe-bryant-will-not-make-mount-rushmore-of-basketball%2F&amp;sessionId=d97bfd8b2336108e4f69fa7426f43e439f1b9782&amp;siteScreenName=sportzfirst1&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1862288190603702709\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>However, Lonzo Ball isn\u2019t a big supporter of Kobe Bryant despite his past. Despite Bryant\u2019s five championships and eighteen All-Star selections, Ball blames him for his inefficiency. The Ball brother felt that Bryant was not as good as basketball greats like\u00a0<strong>Michael Jordan<\/strong>\u00a0and James.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-lavar-ball-made-a-shocking-revelation-regarding-kobe-bryant-nbsp-and-nbsp-lonzo-nbsp-ball\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">LaVar Ball made a \u2018shocking\u2019 revelation regarding Kobe Bryant\u00a0and\u00a0Lonzo\u00a0Ball<\/h2>\n<p>Just like\u00a0Lonzo Ball\u00a0does not rate the late Kobe Bryant, the latter did not rate the current Chicago Bulls star either. Bryant preferred the Boston Celtics star man\u00a0<strong>Jayson Tatum<\/strong>\u00a0over Ball. The preference was such that he wanted the Lakers to draft Tatum instead of Ball. Interestingly, Lonzo\u2019s father\u00a0<strong>LaVar Ball<\/strong>\u00a0made an\u00a0intriguing revelation\u00a0regarding Bryant and Lonzo Ball on a podcast.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n<blockquote><p>How many times does a player get to play with his favorite player? Probably never. Yes. That\u2019s why Kobe don\u2019t like him that much. Because he said, \u2018I like LeBron.\u2019 LeBron\u2019s always been his guy, though.<\/p>\n<p><cite>LaVar Ball said on the Stadium\u2019s\u00a0Sauce and Shram podcast<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy entered pmloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwatchstadium%2Fvideos%2F935784956594557%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwatchstadium%2Fvideos%2F935784956594557%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"single-post\">\n<section class=\"section-intro\">\n<div class=\"selfie-and-desc\">\n<div class=\"desc\">\n<p>As per LaVar Ball, this was one of the main reasons Bryant did not \u2018like\u2019 Lonzo Ball. In addition, Ball has been a clear admirer of LeBron James and has publicity claimed this as well. He has immense respect for the NBA superstar. Aside from this, Ball has\u00a0returned to the court\u00a0in the 2024-25 NBA season after missing most of the last campaign due to injuries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bulls star Lonzo Ball made a recent apperance on WNBA star Angel Reese&#8217;s podcast, speaking about the late Kobe Bryant. 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