Jaylen Hands isn’t holding anything back in his expectations for this year’s UCLA men’s basketball freshman class. “We can shoot, we can run and we’re athletic,” the freshman point guard said. Read more...
Photo: Coach Steve Alford has seven freshmen to fill the holes left by assets like Lonzo Ball, T.J. Leaf and Ike Anigbogu. The incoming class is ranked ESPN’s fifth-best recruiting class this year. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Daily Bruin’s Sports editor David Gottlieb and senior staffer Matt Cummings recently caught up with Los Angeles Lakers rookie and ex-Bruin point guard Lonzo Ball about the beginning of his NBA career and the start of his family’s new reality TV show, “Ball in the Family.” Daily Bruin: Just want to start out by asking what are you up to these days? Read more...
Photo: Lonzo Ball recently spoke with the Daily Bruin about his reality TV show, “Ball in the Family.”(Daily Bruin file photo)
Men’s basketballRyan Smith, assistant Sports editor UCLA men’s basketball was one of four teams selected to compete in the Hall of Fame Classic. UCLA will be joined by Baylor, Creighton and Wisconsin. Read more...
Despite fighting multiple injuries, former UCLA guard Lonzo Ball managed to take home the 2017 Las Vegas Summer League MVP award and helped the Los Angeles Lakers win the summer league championship. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA men’s basketball point guard and current Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball turned heads at NBA Summer League. He averaged 16.3 points and 9.3 assists per game and won summer league MVP. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The last time Jonah Bolden played college basketball, he had one of the worst seasons statswise among the 2017 NBA Draft class. Bolden, the Bruins’ former guard/forward, averaged just 2.4 more points and 2.5 more rebounds per game in his collegiate career than LaVar Ball, who’s widely mocked in the basketball community for his uninspiring one-year tenure at Washington State. Read more...
Photo: Jonah Bolden’s career at UCLA was nothing special, but the 6-foot-10 guard/forward has been impressive in his time in the NBA Summer League thanks to experience that he picked up playing overseas after he left Westwood. (Daily Bruin file photo)
FootballMelissa Zhang, assistant Sports editor Several individuals on the UCLA football team were recently named to different award watch lists for their efforts on the field. Read more...
Photo: Early signs point to Lonzo Ball being able to carry his success at UCLA into the NBA. The point guard has been playing very well at the NBA Summer League following his freshman year as a Bruin. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA men’s basketball will open its 2017-2018 conference schedule with a lot less stress than it did last season. In 2016, the Bruins began conference play in Oregon, where they dropped their first game of the season following a 3-pointer at the buzzer by Ducks forward Dillon Brooks. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Aaron Holiday is one of just five upperclassmen remaining from last year’s men’s basketball team, which lost to Oregon in the Pac-12 opener. This season, the Bruins will open conference play with a pair of home games.(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
