Ice Cube offers Lonzo Ball Last Friday role if he can back up BIG3 talk

Lonzo Ball may have found the most unusual audition process in Hollywood.After Ice Cube challenged LaMelo Ball, Lonzo Ball and LiAngelo Ball to face BIG3 All-Stars in Charlotte, Lonzo responded with a different kind of request.He wanted a movie role.“Some Last Friday roles lol,” Lonzo wrote on X.“That’s what I want.”Ice Cube’s answer was simple.“No problem,” Cube replied.

“You win, you in.”Just like that, the BIG3 challenge became a basketball-meets-Hollywood crossover, with a possible spot in the long-awaited next installment of the Friday franchise tied to a 3-on-3 showdown.Sean Bannon, President of the BIG3, told California Post the offer should not be dismissed as empty social media banter.“Cube is a man of his word,” Bannon said.“What he says he’s going to do, he does.

I think he put it right there on X for the world to see.I think that’s as real as it gets.”The timing adds another layer.

Ice Cube recently said on Draymond Green’s podcast that the Last Friday script is done and now has to go through the studio process, according to Bannon.The challenge came together quickly after LaVar Ball weighed in on LaMelo’s move to Minnesota, saying the Timberwolves would need his other sons if they wanted to win a championship.“Cube was like, ‘Look, why don’t we challenge these guys? If they think they can win an NBA title, why don’t we see if they can come play our best players in our All-Star Game and take on our top players in the BIG3 and win?’” Bannon said.Cube had already thrown down the challenge in a video posted to X, inviting the Ball brothers to Charlotte for the BIG3 championship game on Aug.22.“We challenged the Ball brothers, 3-on-3 BIG3 style, against our All-Stars,” Cube said.

“Let’s see what’s up, man.I’ll see you in Charlotte if you want some of this.”The All-Star side could include plenty of former NBA talent, with Bannon mentioning names such as Michael Beasley, Dwight Howard, Lance St...