Lonzo Ball pushes back on report he is retiring from NBA

"I felt like I never shortchanged the game. Like I felt like I gave everything I had to hoop, and I felt everything I got in my life is because of hoop," the eldest Ball sibling said. "So I'm grateful to even make it to the league and even be able to play for nine years...

"You see where you're supposed to be, and then you physically can't get there. So it's just like, I don't know. You gotta be comfortable with yourself, to be honest with you, like that's how I am. I feel like, to be honest, I don't think I ever got to my peak."

That may sound like a guy who doesn't expect to play in the NBA again, which became a rumor that suddenly picked up a life of its own on social media, with some accounts saying Ball had retired. Ball quickly pushed back on that — he would love to play again.