Not quite, while he did have this game listed above, it's clearly the exception and not the rule. Through 7 games, if you subtract this game, he's shooting 35% from the field combined, and 27% from 3 point land. Like his big bro, he can't shoot.There was a coming out party of sorts for Lamelo Ball last night who went for 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 assists for Charlotte in a blowout win over Dallas. Lamelo shot 7-10 FG, 4-5 3FG, and 4-4 FT.
Lamelo’s start has to bother 14red
Agreed.The only rookie that's arguably been better to this point is Haliburton for the Kings because he's shot the crap out of the ball at an unsustainably high rate.
Lamelo is in the top 2-3 rookies in almost every advanced stat. Barring Haliburton shooting 50%+ from the field and from 3 all year, Ball will easily be ROY.
I saw a great line in an article about the Nets with Kyrie, KD and Harden. It described then as "death by a thousand dribbles."
I'm interested to see how this experiment works out. I think that with those three the Nets look like an NBA 2K roster that disregards the realities of only having one ball to play with and of having to play some semblance of defense and needing to get stops in close games at critical moments.
Perhaps it will work out, but I doubt they ever win anything of consequence and will be at serious risk of getting bounced in the second round yearly due to lack of defensive ability.
I don't follow the NBA that closely, but my understanding is that the East is weak enough from a talent standpoint that even with an underwhelming regular season the Nets should be able to get it together come play-off time and "turn it on" to make a run at the Finals.
So far, not good. The Nets will likely move Kyrie, they have to, he's not dependable and they have no bench. KD, Kyrie and Harden are too similar types of players who need the ball in their hands. The Nets had a good team, deep before the trade, but Kyrie forced their hand because he's not dependable.I'm interested to see how this experiment works out. I think that with those three the Nets look like an NBA 2K roster that disregards the realities of only having one ball to play with and of having to play some semblance of defense and needing to get stops in close games at critical moments.
Perhaps it will work out, but I doubt they ever win anything of consequence and will be at serious risk of getting bounced in the second round yearly due to lack of defensive ability.
I agree, and it's a big IF that the Nets even get to the postseason in tact. Harden and Kyrie are very finicky, not reliable pros and at any time they can go AWOL, not withstanding an injury as well. The trade of Harden decimated their bench so they have to have all 3 play at a high level every night to win.Regular season I follow pretty casually and don't get too into it until the playoffs.
That said, as they are constructed IMO they are going to have serious issues against Milwaukee, Boston and Philly. The rest of the East is pretty weak, but it's starting to get cluttered at the top. You have to get through at least two of those three to get to the finals, and I don't think you can do it with multiple turnstile defenders.
I agree, and it's a big IF that the Nets even get to the postseason in tact. Harden and Kyrie are very finicky, not reliable pros and at any time they can go AWOL, not withstanding an injury as well. The trade of Harden decimated their bench so they have to have all 3 play at a high level every night to win.