UCLA lands four-star 2016 guard

When Lavar Ball sat down to think about it, he realized there was nothing more to think about.

UCLA had everything. The up-tempo style of play. The coach who was willing to play younger players. A close-to-home environment.

So Lavar Ball and his 2016 four-star point guard son, Lonzo Ball, wrapped up their recruitment Wednesday night.

They're all Bruins.

"If you're looking for something - let's say I'm looking for a Corvette, and I go to a lot and I find the first Corvette, I'm not going to be looking for a Rolls Royce now," Lavar Ball told BruinSportsReport.com Wednesday night. "I got what I wanted. I wanted a Corvette. And most people, they don't know what they want so that's why they're all over the place. My thing is this, even for my son, he's committed to them, and that's where he's going to go."

Lonzo Ball is a 6-foot-5, 165-pound guard who can shoot from anywhere on the floor. He's an excellent passer as well, particularly in transition.

Those two aspects of his game make him ideal for Steve Alford's run-and-gun system. And when the Balls saw that at games in Pauley Pavilion this season, they knew there was no school better for them than UCLA.

"The No. 1 thing was his up-tempo," Lavar Ball said of Alford. "Lonzo is not a half-court player. He likes to push that tempo. And just the fact that we went to a few games and they're scoring in the 80s and 90s, that's right up our thing. And for Alford to play younger guys, too, I really like that."

Lavar Ball understands there will be critics wondering about the solidity of Lonzo Ball's commitment, with his Signing Day some two years away. But Lavar Ball said his son is going to UCLA, and that's that.

"We just sat back down after we did all the talking and stuff and they're running the type of system that he's accustomed to playing - up-tempo," Lavar Ball said. "We've got a good relationship with the coach; I like his style as far as the way he talks to me in a relaxed mode. Not a super professional mode, saying everything that's supposed to be right trying to get my son there.

"I don't want to play the game where you have 50 colleges just to make you feel better like, '50 different guys want me.' Everything we want is right here. It's on the West Coast, we're from the West, so you know everything is like a glove. His style, his system, him being a new a coach, our guys being new players, it's just like everything is perfect. My thing is this: If everything is right here, why should we go looking around … Everything we want is right here. We're fine."

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