Dee4Three wrote:Ball played his usual non aggressive basketball offensively, defensively he was scored on 3 times in the second half by the same 5'9" Tyler Ulis move (put his body into Ball and proceeded with a step back floater/shot). Balls defense leaves a lot to be desired so far this season, he needs to get stronger and move his feet better laterally.
I know I'm late addressing this one, but "leaves a lot to be desired" is horse shit. Dude is significantly better than anyone thought he would be on defense. Coming in to the draft it was pretty much a given that his defense was on par with D'Angelo Russel's level - which is pretty much move aside and let a player get a lay up. Ball does a more than adequate job on defense, especially given him being a rookie. The Lakers switch a lot and despite him being a smaller player he really gives his all in fronting bigger post players and being disruptive. He's not the quickest player on his feet but he tries positioning himself well.
If you feel that's a lot left to be desired so be it, but I wholeheartedly disagree with that. I have watched every Laker game so far, just haven't written down the stats for every game though.
Only knock on him so far is hanging his head due to his atrocious shot. Kid controls the tempo of the game and is actively looking to make the right play every time down the court. I'm absolutely expecting him to be great down the road, same with Ingram.