When the Boston Celtics schedule was first released, fans immediately circled November 8 on their calendars.
This would be the day that point guard Lonzo Ball, perhaps the most scrutinized rookie of the past decade, would make his TD Garden debut. The first episode of the new Celtics-Lakers rivalry would hit the Parquet.
Through the first ten games of the season, Ball has not been the awe-dropping showman that we anticipated. Aside from a 29-point, 11-rebound, nine-assist blowup in the second game of his career against a then-imploding Phoenix Suns team, Ball has been underwhelming.