Lonzo Ball Quotes

I'd much rather have guys play with each other, have the ball moving, less dribbling, more passing, aggressive and decisive. I don't want guys looking over at me to call plays; I want them out there playing.

At Golden State, it was basically a guard-oriented offense and it wasn't either around me or in my direction.

Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.

When we're able to get stops, get the ball off the glass and run, you never know who's going to get the ball. Everyone takes off, runs to their spots, and the ball just finds the open man.

Not everyone gets to have one of the few super-dominant, all-pro, superstars in this league, and so playing with the pass and playing with space and playing quick is a really good backup.

It starts the fast-break a lot easier when I get the ball. I don't have to wait for big men to give me it. Just get it and go.

You don't get the ball and dribble; you get it and move it.

Coach K tried to implement a style where we passing, moving the ball, the open guy gets the open shot, running in transition.

The triangle itself is just an offense based on freedom of the ball to go to different places, everybody feeling involved. It's a good thing.

I've played with a couple good shooters, but I've never been on a team where there's been three, four, five, six good shooters. And I've always thought that nothing gets you open more than being surrounded by good shooters.

To use a basketball metaphor, West Wing cast was a group that liked to pass as much as they liked to shoot.

I try to take whatever the defense gives me, have a sense of urgency, know who's guarding me and pick my spots, get my teammates involved and also attack the rim.

When you put pressure on the paint, you not only score but you force the whole defense to collapse and you can make easy plays to hit shooters.

I like to get out in transition. That is one of my favorite aspects of the game.

To be a great player and a great scorer, you have to find ways to get yourself open and get shots off. It's a dog fight.

Freedom of movement, which is a great rule, doesn't mean freedom to go to the rim for a layup or freedom to take any shot you want to take or me going in there and not playing through contact.

The point guard thing was I had to figure out how to score when I'm hot, and how to distribute and make sure everybody is happy. Because I can be happy scoring the ball. But when everybody isn't touching the ball, and we're not making the defense move, it's kind of pointless. So, I've got to find a way to keep everybody in the loop.

You know, pass now to pinch post, cut, shoot the shot. Do things to facilitate the offense. That's what I did in Alabama.

It's always good to have players who can help us in attack.

That was probably the biggest adjustment for a lot of people... You have a ball-dominant guy like LeBron that makes plays for everybody. You gotta just be ready at any point because you might not get a shot the first 15 minutes and you might get three or four after that.

I love fast breaks, and I love playing full-court basketball, but offensively in the half court, I kind of take my time, let guys cut, and let the defense move. Then, if I have a move, I'll go. If not, I'll just hand it off to a teammate.

I think defending is more of, like, a science, and it's fun to learn that. And then I see attacking as an art.

When teams play good football, it tends to create chances for the striker.

While it's great for a quarterback to have athletic ability, his goal is to get the ball out of his hand, orchestrate the offense and not allow his ability to stand in the way of the offense running efficiently.

When you've got guys touching the ball on the offensive end, they're really into the defensive end.