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Originally Posted by staylor26
I totally agree. I'm just speaking to the game to game overreaction/hypocrisy.
The truth is we've learned nothing new about Ball, and won't until we see him for a few seasons against the best of the best.
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No doubt.
Before his dad came on the scene (publicly anyway) it was beyond my wildest hopes for the Lakers to get him. LA had started out hot and he looked like a complete non-starter. But damn did I love to watch him play.
His dad makes it so so hard to root for him but the kid himself seems like a nice guy and he's a fun throwback. Sadly, he's 15 years removed from when he would've been at his apex, but if he can clean up that jumper just a bit, there's still a way for him to excel in this league. He'll never have Steph's athleticism to the hoop of play the lock down defense on the perimeter that you'd like to see. His ceiling as a true 'superstar' probably isn't there. But if he has truly ascendant court vision, maybe I'm wrong.
If I am, maybe he can be the next Jason Kidd rather than a rich man's Ricky Rubio. I hope so because the league will be better if he is.