LeBron James has spent his career drawing the attention of help defenders. Numerous shooters and big men have capitalized on that spotlight, but few have compounded those advantages the way that Lonzo Ball has been while playing alongside James this season.
“The ball moves faster than any player” is a time-honored basketball idiom, and for good reason. Moments of advantage are fleeting in the NBA, but consecutive, decisive passes at a high velocity will break most defenses, and that’s where Lonzo has begun to enhance LeBron’s playmaking ability, and vice versa.