Whichever team ends up winning the lottery on August 25th will be presented with a proposition: Is the LaMelo Ball glass half-empty or is it half-full?
Playing in Australia this season, Ball’s aggregated statistics were dismal. While he scored 17 points, grabbed eight boards and tallied seven assists per game, he only made 25% of his 3s, 46% of his 2s, and turned the ball 30 times in just 12 games. That said, how he played the game led an optimist to envision what he could become. Ball’s size and feel for the game as an 18 year old playing at the point guard position professionally lent credence to the sentiment that he could be an ideal fit in the modern NBA game.