There’s few better growing traditions in basketball than seeing where Lonzo Ball lines up among his peers in preseason and then reading some of the reactions that follow.
ESPN released their #100-51 NBA player rankings list for the 2020-21 season yesterday, which positioned Ball 54th, and one could say that it stirred the hornet’s nest on Twitter.
we're just here to say Zach LaVine is better than Lonzo Ball. It's not that close either.
— Bulls Talk (@NBCSBulls) December 8, 2020
Such vitriol, but is there plenty of good reasons to hate hard?