Lonzo Ball
American basketball player
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| January 27 2025 | Recorded a season-high 18 points in a win over the Denver Nuggets. |
| January 12 2025 | Made his first start in nearly three years, scoring 15 points and three assists against the Sacramento Kings. |
| October 23 2024 | Made his regular season return in the Bulls' season-opening game, scoring five points, two rebounds, and four assists in 14 minutes against the New Orleans Pelicans. |
| October 16 2024 | Played his first game since January 14, 2022, in a preseason game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. |
| July 2024 | Cleared to participate in full-contact five-on-five scrimmages. |
| March 16 2023 | Underwent a cartilage transplant in his left knee. |
| February 21 2023 | Bulls announced he would be out for the remainder of the season due to recurring knee discomfort. |
| 2022 | Signed with the Chicago Bulls in a sign-and-trade deal, but sidelined by a persistent knee injury for the entire 2022-23 season. |
| April 6 2022 | Ruled out for the remainder of the season due to ongoing knee rehabilitation, having played only 35 games. |
| January 20 2022 | Bulls announced Ball would undergo knee surgery for a meniscus tear and miss six to eight weeks. |
| January 20 2022 | Underwent knee surgery after being diagnosed with a meniscus tear, which would sideline him for six to eight weeks. |
| October 22 2021 | Recorded a triple-double with 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists in a 128–112 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. |
| October 20 2021 | Made his Bulls debut, scoring 12 points, six rebounds, and four assists in a 94–88 win over the Detroit Pistons. |
| August 8 2021 | Traded to the Chicago Bulls in a sign-and-trade deal, signing a four-year, $85 million contract extension with the team. |
| May 4 2021 | Matched his career-high 33 points in a 108-103 win against the Golden State Warriors. |
| May 1 2021 | Matched his career-high eight three-pointers while recording a career-high 33 points, along with 11 rebounds and eight assists in a 140-136 overtime win against the Minnesota Timberwolves. |
| April 5 2021 | Set a new career-high of eight three-pointers, scoring 27 points with nine assists in a 122-115 win over the Houston Rockets. |
| January 29 2021 | Matched his then career-high seven three-pointers and scored a season-high 27 points in a 131-126 win over the Milwaukee Bucks. |
| 2020 | Lonzo Ball competed on the fourth season of The Masked Singer television show, performing as the character 'Whatchamacallit'. He was eliminated in Week 8 of the competition, alongside Dr. Elvis Francois who was performing as 'Serpent'. |
| 2020 | Released the album 'BBA (Bounce Back Album)' |
| 2020 | Developed a new, more conventional shooting form that improved his three-point shooting percentage from 31% to 37.5% in his first season with the Pelicans. |
| March 3 2020 | Matched his then career-high of seven three-pointers, scoring 26 points and eight assists in a 139-134 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. |
| January 18 2020 | Recorded his first triple-double of the season with 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists in a 133-130 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. |
| 2019 | Participated in the NBA Rising Stars Challenge for the second consecutive year, continuing to showcase his developing NBA career. |
| December 29 2019 | Hit a then career-high seven three-pointers and scored a season-high 27 points, with 10 rebounds and eight assists in a 127-112 win over the Houston Rockets. |
| October 22 2019 | Made his debut for the New Orleans Pelicans, recording eight points, five rebounds, and five assists in a 130-122 overtime loss to the Toronto Raptors. |
| July 6 2019 | Traded from the Lakers to the New Orleans Pelicans as part of a package deal for Anthony Davis, involving multiple players and draft picks. |
| March 2019 | Ball publicly cut ties with BBB's manager Alan Foster, alleging that $1.5 million of his personal money had gone missing. He removed BBB references from his social media and covered up his BBB tattoo. |
| January 19 2019 | Ball suffered a Grade 3 left ankle sprain with a torn ligament after colliding with James Ennis III during a game against the Houston Rockets, recording a career-high seven assists in a quarter before the injury. |
| 2018 | Named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. |
| December 15 2018 | Ball and LeBron James became the first Lakers teammates since Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1982 to record a triple-double in the same game, with Ball posting 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. |
| July 17 2018 | Ball underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee to repair a torn meniscus. |
| April 6 2018 | Jordan Crawford became the first player besides Lonzo Ball to wear the ZO2 shoes during a game. |
| March 2018 | His album 'Born 2 Ball' peaked at No. 42 on Billboard Independent Albums chart and No. 13 on Heatseekers Albums chart. |
| February 15 2018 | Participated in the Lip Sync Battle with his father as competitors. |
| February 15 2018 | Released his debut album 'Born 2 Ball' under the name Zo, through Big Baller Music Group. |
| 2017 | Won the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team, demonstrating his significant impact in collegiate basketball. |
| 2017 | Received multiple first-team All-American honors from Associated Press, USBWA, NABC, and Sporting News, marking his outstanding college basketball season. |
| 2017 | During the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Ball was named MVP, setting league records with his performance including two triple-doubles and a record 9.3 assists average. |
| 2017 | Broke Gary Payton's 30-year-old Pac-12 season record for assists by a freshman, achieving a career-high 14 assists in the regular season finale against Washington State. |
| 2017 | Led UCLA to the NCAA tournament Sweet 16, where they were ultimately eliminated by Kentucky. Ball scored 10 points and had eight assists while playing through a hamstring strain. |
| 2017 | Ball wins the Wayman Tisdale Award as the top freshman in the nation. |
| December 20 2017 | Lonzo Ball was announced as the logo for the Junior Basketball Association (JBA), a league created by his father LaVar for high-school basketball players seeking an alternative to the NCAA. |
| November 19 2017 | Ball recorded his second triple-double with 11 points, 16 rebounds, and 11 assists in a win over the Denver Nuggets, achieving the most rebounds by an NBA rookie guard since 1999-2000. |
| November 11 2017 | Ball achieved his first NBA triple-double against the Milwaukee Bucks, becoming the youngest player at the time to do so at 20 years and 15 days old, breaking LeBron James' previous record. |
| October 2017 | Released another rap single 'Super Saiyan', which compares himself to Goku from Dragon Ball Z. |
| October 20 2017 | In only the second game of his rookie season, Ball scored a career-high 29 points, along with 11 rebounds and nine assists in a win against the Phoenix Suns. |
| September 2017 | Released the song 'ZO2', dedicated to his own shoe brand. |
| September 2017 | Released his first rap single 'Melo Ball 1', a tribute to his youngest brother LaMelo. |
| August 2017 | Ball and his family premiered their own reality show 'Ball in the Family' on Facebook Watch, documenting their personal and professional lives. |
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