Lonzo Ball
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40 free Lonzo Ball trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Lonzo Ball arrived in the NBA as one of the most talked-about rookies of his generation: a pass-first guard with a famous family and a father who was never short of a headline. His career since has had everything from record-setting nights to long injury lay-offs and a comeback few expected. This quiz covers the whole story: his unbeaten senior year of high school, a single dazzling college season, draft night, the trades that moved him around the league and the setbacks that tested him. It also digs into the family business, his brothers, his rap releases and his turns on television. It is written for NBA fans of every level. Casual followers will recognise the big moments, while die-hards can test themselves on coaches, teammates and college honours. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01Which NBA team selected California native Lonzo Ball with the second overall pick of the 2017 draft?
Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers were picking second for the third year running, and the team's president billed the hometown guard as the new face of the franchise.
Q 02Lonzo Ball broke whose record in 2017 as the NBA's youngest player to post a triple-double?
LeBron James
LeBron James had held the mark until Ball beat it by five days, aged 20 years and 15 days, in a loss to Milwaukee. Ball had idolized him since about the age of six.
Q 03Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram and Josh Hart were all traded in July 2019 for which All-Star?
Anthony Davis
Anthony Davis cost a haul of three young players, the draft rights to De'Andre Hunter, two first-round picks and a pick swap.
Q 04What was the launch price of Lonzo Ball's first signature sneaker from Big Baller Brand in 2017?
$495
$495 was the price tag, which sparked wide criticism from celebrities and on social media, partly because Ball had not yet played an NBA game.
Q 05LaVar Ball, the outspoken father of Lonzo Ball, claimed he could beat which NBA legend one-on-one?
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan was the target of the boast, which LaVar made to USA Today in March 2017 while his eldest son was still a college freshman.
Q 06Which injured joint kept Lonzo Ball out of the entire 2022–23 and 2023–24 NBA seasons?
Left knee
Left knee surgery for a meniscus tear in January 2022 was meant to cost him six to eight weeks. He did not play again until October 2024, after a cartilage transplant.
Q 07As which costumed character did Lonzo Ball compete on season four of The Masked Singer in 2020?
Whatchamacallit
Whatchamacallit lasted until Week 8 of the season, when Ball was unmasked on the same night as the singing doctor Elvis Francois, who performed as Serpent.
Q 08Lonzo Ball and his two younger brothers led which California high school to a 35–0 season in 2016?
Chino Hills
Chino Hills won the state title and finished as the consensus top-ranked team in the nation, with Ball averaging a triple-double as a senior.
Q 09At which college did Lonzo Ball spend one season, leading the nation in assists as a freshman?
UCLA
UCLA went from 15–17 the year before to 31–5 with Ball running the offense, and he broke the school's record for assists in a season.
Q 10Which part of Lonzo Ball's game had a famously unorthodox form that he rebuilt early in his NBA career?
Jump shot
His jump shot started at his left hip and rose to the left side of his forehead, though he shoots right-handed. After he squared it up, his three-point accuracy climbed from 31% as a rookie to 42% in 2021–22.
Q 11Which team did Lonzo Ball join in 2019, playing two seasons with top draft pick Zion Williamson?
New Orleans Pelicans
The New Orleans Pelicans gave him his healthiest stretch, and in 2020–21 he set what were then career highs in scoring and three-point percentage.
Q 12Which team gave Lonzo Ball a four-year, $85 million contract in a 2021 sign-and-trade deal?
Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls had the best record in the Eastern Conference, 27–13, when he was hurt in January 2022, and he was shooting a career-best 42% from three.
Q 13LaVar Ball claimed in 2017 that Lonzo Ball was already a better player than which Golden State star?
Stephen Curry
Q 21Which team traded forward Isaac Okoro to acquire Lonzo Ball in July 2025?
Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers used him mostly off the bench, starting him in only three of his 35 games in the 2025–26 season.
Q 22Which rookie teammate of Lonzo Ball made the 2018 NBA All-Rookie First Team, one rung above him?
Kyle Kuzma
Kyle Kuzma exceeded expectations as a late first-round pick, while Ball's own season was cut to 52 games by injuries.
Q 23Which guard scored 39 points, an NCAA tournament freshman record, to end Lonzo Ball's college run?
De'Aaron Fox
De'Aaron Fox outplayed Ball, who strained a hamstring in the loss but would not use it as an excuse and declared for the NBA draft straight afterwards.
Stephen Curry had just won back-to-back NBA MVP awards, in 2015 and 2016, when LaVar made the claim about a son who was still a college freshman.
Q 14Which team drafted LaMelo, the youngest brother of Lonzo Ball, with the third overall pick in 2020?
Charlotte Hornets
The Charlotte Hornets landed the NBA Rookie of the Year for 2021, who was named an All-Star the following season.
Q 15Which forward was drafted third overall in 2017, one pick after Lonzo Ball?
Jayson Tatum
Jayson Tatum was the player Boston wanted wherever it picked, and he went on to lead the Celtics to the 2024 NBA championship.
Q 16Which Hall of Famer, often compared to Lonzo Ball, coached against his first NBA triple-double?
Jason Kidd
Jason Kidd, then coaching Milwaukee, had called the comparison a stretch that week. In college, Ball's 274 assists had edged Kidd's 272 for second on the conference's single-season list.
Q 17In his 2017 rap single Super Saiyan, Lonzo Ball compares himself to which anime hero?
Goku
Goku is the main protagonist of Dragon Ball Z, and the track followed a debut single that Ball wrote as an ode to his youngest brother.
Q 18LaVar Ball, father of Lonzo Ball, had a brief professional career in which sport during the 1990s?
Football
Football took him to the London Monarchs as a tight end and onto the practice squads of the New York Jets and Carolina Panthers, though he never played a regular-season NFL game.
Q 19In which city did Lonzo Ball win NBA Summer League MVP in 2017 with two triple-doubles?
Las Vegas
Las Vegas had not seen a Summer League triple-double since 2008, and Ball's were the first there by a rookie; his 9.3 assists a game set a league record.
Q 20Which guard was the only player drafted ahead of Lonzo Ball in 2017, going first overall?
Markelle Fultz
Markelle Fultz had faced Ball in college that February, scoring 25 points to Ball's 22 in front of close to two dozen NBA executives.
Q 24Which veteran guard was signed in 2018 to mentor Lonzo Ball and compete with him for minutes?
Rajon Rondo
Rajon Rondo joined in the same offseason that brought a four-time MVP to the roster, a signing that shifted the spotlight away from Ball.
Q 25Which guard, the No. 2 pick of 2015, was traded in June 2017 to clear the way for Lonzo Ball?
D'Angelo Russell
D'Angelo Russell was moved on days before the draft, leaving Ball and the previous year's second pick to headline the team's young core.
Q 26Which fellow rookie matched Lonzo Ball in 2017 with multiple triple-doubles in his first 20 games?
Ben Simmons
Ben Simmons and Ball joined Magic Johnson, Oscar Robertson, Connie Hawkins and Art Williams as the only players to manage it that early in an NBA career.
Q 27Lonzo Ball and his family starred in the reality series Ball in the Family on which platform?
Facebook Watch
Facebook Watch premiered the show in August 2017, two months after the draft, and it followed all five members of the family across six seasons.
Q 28In which Orange County, California, city was Lonzo Ball born in October 1997?
Anaheim
Anaheim was his birthplace, and both of his parents, LaVar and Tina, were former college basketball players; he took up the game at the age of two.
Q 29In which country did Lonzo Ball's brothers LiAngelo and LaMelo turn professional in December 2017?
Lithuania
Lithuania's club Prienai signed both brothers after LaMelo left high school over a coaching dispute, and the move was heavily reported by American sports media.
Q 30Which Better Business Bureau grade did Big Baller Brand, Lonzo Ball's shoe company, receive in 2018?
An F
An F was the rating, after customers reported waiting weeks or even months for their orders, and it was still in place a year later.