Lonzo Ball Pleads With Malik Monk To Change Number So LaMelo Can Have #1

Lonzo Ball is stepping up as huge brother to assist LaMelo get his beloved jersey quantity … hitting up Malik Monk and asking if he is right down to swap digits!!

In fact, #1 has ALWAYS been Melo’s quantity — from highschool to Lithuania to Australia — and the dude even has a large tattoo to show his loyalty to numero uno.

However, the youngest Ball Bro hit a snag after getting drafted by the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday … ‘trigger Monk at the moment has possession over #1.

Melo was launched to the Hornets with a #2 jersey on Friday … and Zo, who additionally wears #2 on the Pelicans, instantly went to work on getting lil bro his #1.

“Ayo @AhmadMonk what’s good?! You realize you need 5!! 🤣 “, Lonzo tweeted at Melo’s teammate.

The query is, is Zo doing this out of cohesion … or does he REALLY not need child bro to have the identical quantity as him??

Almost definitely the latter … however both means, Monk must decide one thing aside from #5 — that at the moment belongs to Nicolas Batum.