Since the start of this year’s season, Ball has taken 24.9 shots per game, which is the main source of scoring for the entire team. The average playing time is more than 34 minutes, and the shooting percentage is 43%, the three-point shooting percentage is 35.6%, and the free throw percentage is 84.8%. The strong content even attracted praise from former NBA player “cousin” DeMarcus Cousins! He said Ball Jr. is better than Milwaukee Bucks’ Damian Lillard this season. In the basketball show “Run it Back” on the YouTube channel, Cassens believes that Melo (Ball Jr.’s nickname) is the top five point guards in the NBA.
Cassens explained: “He (Little Ball) is currently better than Lillard. At this moment, I think Little Ball is much better! Overall, I believe Lillard is still very good, but now Little Ball “This season, Lillard’s statistics are actually not bad, averaging 26 points, 7.7 assists, 4.5 rebounds, 0.9 steals and 0.2 blocks per game, shooting 44.1% from the field. The point shooting rate was 35.8% and the free throw shooting rate was 92.0%. However, due to the obvious improvement of Ball Jr., who has scored 30 points in 12 games, including 50 points in one game, Lillard seemed to be outclassed.
Due to his hot performance, celebrities have recently begun to compare LaMelo Ball with Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan. This sounds outrageous at first, but Gilbert Arenas strongly defended his view. He said: “I know You will say, this is a bold comparison, but the reason why Jordan scored so much is because he didn’t pass the ball.”
Arenas further explained: “What LaMelo (Ball Jr.) is doing now is the style of basketball games back then. When the team you belong to is terrible, the star players have to go up by themselves and no longer pass the ball to bad teammates. Yeah… That’s why Jordan didn’t pass the ball to that damn Armstrong… MJ averaged 37 points a game, why? Because no one else matters.” He averaged 31.1 points per season. Arenas believes that his high-scoring performance is similar to Jordan’s situation back then. He went up to the offense instead of letting his teammates integrate into the offense.
The Hornets are confident that the current crop of young players can unite as one and gradually reach their maximum potential. But little Bauer didn’t want to wait forever. Video source: Hornets official YouTube channel
In my opinion, this statement is less like praising Ball and more like satirizing the weakness and decline of the Hornets. The Hornets have a record of 6 wins and 14 losses so far this season. Obviously, Ball’s scoring ability has not brought victory. Although his scoring this season has reached a career high, he still averages 6.9 assists. This is not self-defeating, but the entire The team cannot be integrated, even having such a super scorer is in vain. Ball Jr. still has a long way to go and cannot be compared to Jordan in any aspect of his game, and the Arenas comparison doesn’t quite hold up. Indeed, Jordan averaged 37 points with the weakest lineup, but he also won six annual championships on his own.
