Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season

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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#41 » by brackdan70 » Sun Nov 3, 2024 2:58 am

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brackdan70 wrote:Only productive on one side of the court. Being great at half the game doesn’t make you at too 10 player.


westbrook and harden spent a lot of time both in the top 10 for ahwile


lol. Good argument. So LaMelo is as good as Harden?
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#42 » by JustBuzzin » Sun Nov 3, 2024 3:04 am

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JustBuzzin wrote:Melo's play should not be surprising. Look at his stats from last season. His problem has always been his health. This guy is one of the best pgs in the league when he's on the court.

I told people last season this guy was every bit as good as Haliburton if not better. I nicknamed him "Flashy Hali" he's got more in his bag imo.


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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#43 » by brackdan70 » Sun Nov 3, 2024 3:26 am

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brackdan70 wrote:Only productive on one side of the court. Being great at half the game doesn’t make you at too 10 player.


Seems to have got Steph to Top 10 all time.

Comparing LaMelo to Steph is one of the biggest stretches I’ve ever seen.
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#44 » by brackdan70 » Sun Nov 3, 2024 3:29 am

azcatz11 wrote:Definition of a winning player and no one wants to admit it

I’ll be convinced when I see some winning.
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#45 » by Sofia » Sun Nov 3, 2024 3:34 am

brackdan70 wrote:
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brackdan70 wrote:Only productive on one side of the court. Being great at half the game doesn’t make you at too 10 player.


Seems to have got Steph to Top 10 all time.

Comparing LaMelo to Steph is one of the biggest stretches I’ve ever seen.


No one compared their ability. You said being great at only one end of the court means you can’t be top 10 in the league.

Steph managed to do that for Top 10 all time, meaning your blanket statement is false.
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#46 » by brackdan70 » Sun Nov 3, 2024 4:02 am

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brackdan70 wrote:
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Seems to have got Steph to Top 10 all time.

Comparing LaMelo to Steph is one of the biggest stretches I’ve ever seen.


No one compared their ability. You said being great at only one end of the court means you can’t be top 10 in the league.

Steph managed to do that for Top 10 all time, meaning your blanket statement is false.

We are talking about LMelo here. Understand my statement in the context of the topic.
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#47 » by Loneshot » Sun Nov 3, 2024 4:12 am

Big fan, I just wish he would stop fouling out.
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#48 » by Ville5 » Sun Nov 3, 2024 5:57 am

I think this thread could benefit from a change of title. LaMelo isn't going stupid, he's playing at a very high level. Those are not the same things :lol:
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#49 » by Edrees » Sun Nov 3, 2024 8:06 am

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brackdan70 wrote:Only productive on one side of the court. Being great at half the game doesn’t make you at too 10 player.


westbrook and harden spent a lot of time both in the top 10 for ahwile


lol. Good argument. So LaMelo is as good as Harden?


Well through 5 games he's about the same as Harden was (actually better nuumbers) when Harden was 23 and harden ended up 8th in MVP voting that year. I'm not projecting Ball to keep this up all season, but if he does even if he's a poor defender he can be a Top 10 player if Harden was 8th in MVP voting despite his defense.
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#50 » by whitehops » Sun Nov 3, 2024 10:04 am

he's definitely one of the players in the league that gets slept on being out of the spotlight between his team record and injuries. he's absolutely an all star (maybe all-nba?) talent.
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#51 » by TheProfessor » Sun Nov 3, 2024 10:19 am

No defense, high turnover, extremely foul-prone players don't led to wins. Hopefully, he is healthy and starts cleaning up his game, The talent is there.
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#52 » by tbhawksfan1 » Sun Nov 3, 2024 11:42 am

Too many TOs and PFs. The scoring will come down and he will likely go down. Like others have said, you have to win something
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#53 » by TheWitcher » Sun Nov 3, 2024 11:45 am

Title was almost correct: Lamelo is absolutely stupid.
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#54 » by Gusto1903 » Sun Nov 3, 2024 12:25 pm

Bout to get injured soon i guess, nice jinxing my fantasy team
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#55 » by Michael Jackson » Sun Nov 3, 2024 12:39 pm

If only the Ball brothers could stay healthy. Could you imagine if healthy and you combined the 2. Lonzo 3 & d skills with LaMelo? Yikes. Science get to it.
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#56 » by brackdan70 » Sun Nov 3, 2024 2:11 pm

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brackdan70 wrote:
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westbrook and harden spent a lot of time both in the top 10 for ahwile


lol. Good argument. So LaMelo is as good as Harden?


Well through 5 games he's about the same as Harden was (actually better nuumbers) when Harden was 23 and harden ended up 8th in MVP voting that year. I'm not projecting Ball to keep this up all season, but if he does even if he's a poor defender he can be a Top 10 player if Harden was 8th in MVP voting despite his defense.

That season Harden had a 5.6 BPM, 0.206 WS/48. Ball is at 3.8 and 0.120. Harden was a serviceable defender with a 1.0 DPM. Ball is -1.0. They are not even close. Looking at points per game doesn’t really tell you much.
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#57 » by Scoots1994 » Sun Nov 3, 2024 2:38 pm

It's not like he hasn't been this productive for a short stretch of games before. The question is will his game regress some? Odds say yes. And putting up numbers in losses doesn't make you a star.
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#58 » by Scoots1994 » Sun Nov 3, 2024 2:39 pm

brackdan70 wrote:
Edrees wrote:
brackdan70 wrote:
lol. Good argument. So LaMelo is as good as Harden?


Well through 5 games he's about the same as Harden was (actually better nuumbers) when Harden was 23 and harden ended up 8th in MVP voting that year. I'm not projecting Ball to keep this up all season, but if he does even if he's a poor defender he can be a Top 10 player if Harden was 8th in MVP voting despite his defense.

That season Harden had a 5.6 BPM, 0.206 WS/48. Ball is at 3.8 and 0.120. Harden was a serviceable defender with a 1.0 DPM. Ball is -1.0. They are not even close. Looking at points per game doesn’t really tell you much.


And Harden is wildly over-rated :)
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Re: Lamelo Ball has been going absolutely STUPID this season 

Post#59 » by bisme37 » Sun Nov 3, 2024 5:34 pm

He's such a tough cover because he plays the NBA like it's a pickup game lol. And that's not an insult in his case.

Most players set their feet and square their bodies before taking shots. This dude just chucks it up there off one leg or underhanded or whatever like complete slop... and then it swishes lol. You don't even know he's thinking about a shot attempt and it's already in the basket.

Def needs to work on his defensive discipline and stop fouling out, but he's a fun player for sure.
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Re: Lamelo has been going absolutely stupid this season 

Post#60 » by meekrab » Sun Nov 3, 2024 7:11 pm

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JustBuzzin wrote:Don't tell everyone.

We low-key got something cooking with Melo/Miller. Just got to get Mark healthy and playing so they have a legit center to catch lobs and play defense.

Melo might mess around and lead the league in scoring. He's been on another level with his scoring this year. He makes it look so easy.


Yeah he makes the game look incredibly easy…in like a nonchalant way…it’s crazy

He's got 5.5 turnovers and 5 fouls a game... is it really easy if you're fumbling the ball and hitting people that much?

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