LAS VEGAS -- Jason Kidd has heard the comparisons of Lonzo Ball to himself many times since Ball began to shine at UCLA last season.
Some even think that Ball looks a bit like Kidd when he came out as a highly-acclaimed pass-first point guard and also the No. 2 overall pick out of Cal in the 1994 draft.
"Yeah, I've heard that a lot," Kidd said last week at the Las Vegas summer league. "And the more I have been in Vegas, that is all I have heard."
While that's up for debate, some longtime NBA executives and coaches do see Kidd-like traits in Ball's game.