The Los Angeles Lakers seemed to have made the correct decision when they drafted UCLA guard Lonzo Ball No. 2 overall during the 2017 NBA Draft. With Ball set to take over head coach Luke Walton’s offense, he has been drawing a lot of comparisons to famous point guards, including Jason Kidd.
Ball has been compared to the future Hall-of-Famer since he arrived at UCLA, with a similar style of play and court vision. Both Ball and Kidd have the ability to get triple-doubles on any given night, as was the case with Ball during his MVP performance at the 2017 Las Vegas Summer League.