Even before the season started, we knew that the Los Angeles Lakers needed one of their young players to emerge as an All-Star caliber player if they were to have a real chance of not only making the playoffs but also of making some noise once they got there.
Brandon Ingram has been up and down with his play – really impressive on some nights, but regressing to the mean on other nights. Lonzo Ball was showing some signs of improving his outside shooting in the three weeks before he injured his ankle, but overall he’s looked like the same exact player he was last season as a rookie.