{"id":546146,"date":"2017-07-13T19:50:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T23:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=546146"},"modified":"2017-07-13T19:50:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T23:50:34","slug":"lonzo-ball-ditches-zo2-kobe-d-drops-36-summer-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/lonzo-ball-ditches-zo2-kobe-d-drops-36-summer-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Lonzo Ball Ditches The ZO2 For The Kobe A.D. And Drops 36 At Summer League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his much hyped debut at the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas last week, Los Angeles Lakers rookie <strong>Lonzo Ball<\/strong> laced up the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/lonzo-ball-wears-shotiime-big-baller-brand-zo2-debut-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sho&#8217;time colorway of his signature Big Baller Brand ZO2<\/a> and had what he called &#8220;his worst game ever.&#8221; Undeterred, Ball bounced back in the Lakers&#8217; second Summer League game by recording a triple-double of 11 points, 11 rebound and 11 assists in the same silo.<\/p>\n<p>Ball definitely showed improvement in last night&#8217;s game however, as he trumped that performance by dropping 36 points in the Lakers&#8217; 103-102 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lonzo Ball Goes Off! 36 Points Vs Sixers in NBA Las Vegas Summer League (Full Highlights) | July 12\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1uV083j4iPU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But while Ball becoming more confident and comfortable playing in an NBA setting likely allowed him to go off, it also could&#8217;ve been his shoes, which were the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/nike-kobe-a-d-purple-stardust-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobe A.D. &#8220;Purple Stardust<\/a>&#8221; not his signature Big Baller Brand sneakers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lonzo Ball takes the court for Summer League warmups. He&#39;s wearing&#8230;..this Nike Kobe AD: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5nrDRLCLP6\">pic.twitter.com\/5nrDRLCLP6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick DePaula (@NickDePaula) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickDePaula\/status\/885324384251949056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Many took notice of Ball&#8217;s sneakers, including LeBron James, who couldn&#8217;t help but show his loyalty to Nike:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BWeUr6dB2pG\/?taken-by=kingjames&#038;hl=en<\/p>\n<p>Ball though, isn&#8217;t making a big deal out of his shoe change as he told reporters that he just had to channel Bryant&#8217;s &#8220;Mamba mentality&#8221; and since he&#8217;s a Big Baller, he could wear whatever he wants on the court.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lonzo Ball on wearing Kobe Bryant Nikes: &quot;Mamba mentality. Just thought I&#39;d switch it up. &#8230; Good when you can wear whatever you want.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J5kdRRGp81\">pic.twitter.com\/J5kdRRGp81<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenGolliver\/status\/885358945904189440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lonzo Ball on wearing the Kobes tonight: &quot;when you&#39;re a big baller, you can wear whatever you want.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Aldridge (@davidaldridgedc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidaldridgedc\/status\/885373704271679488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>You would think that Ball&#8217;s outspoken father Lonzo would be incensed by his son&#8217;s sneaker choice but he actually had a much different reaction.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/19986667\/lonzo-ball-los-angeles-lakers-not-negotiating-nike-wearing-shoes-summer-league-per-father-lavar-ball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN&#8217;s Darren Rovell<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Lonzo is not forced to wear any brand and can play in any shoe he wants as long as it&#8217;s OK with the NBA,&#8221; LaVar Ball told ESPN by text early Thursday morning. &#8220;This is what being independent is all about.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\"><\/aside>\n<p>Ball may have a signature shoe but it sounds like he won&#8217;t be wearing it all the time in games. And while that might be strange, as the Balls say, it is just all part of being a Big Baller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his much hyped debut at the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas last week, Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":546161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1224791,1225493],"tags":[1230901,1231947,1231402,1229536],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lonzo Ball Ditches The ZO2 For The Kobe A.D. And Drops 36 At Summer League | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Where to buy Lonzo Ball Ditches The ZO2 For The Kobe A.D. And Drops 36 At Summer League shoes. 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