FILE - Int his Feb. 12, 2017, file photo, UCLA guard Lonzo Ball, top, shoots as Oregon State guard Kendal Manuel, left, watches during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

 Mark J. Terrill

College basketball’s biggest name, and for a reason. The sport hasn’t seen someone with his variety of skills in roughly 25 years. That said, Ball looked off in the Pac-12 Tournament, and it might be time to ask if his father Lavar’s lofty words are getting to him. Let the kid live!Β 

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