Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball has had an up and down start to his NBA career, with enough demonstrations of his strengths to appease his fans and enough flashes of weaknesses to fuel his haters.
The highly-hyped rookie ranks sixth in the NBA in assists with 7.7 per game, an extremely impressive number for a first-year player. However, he’s also 15th worst in the league in turnovers per game, at 3.5 currently. Ball is also shooting just 31.1 percent from the field and 28.1 percent from three.
While Ball’s start has been polarizing, former Lakers forward and newly-named South Bay Lakers player development coach Metta World Peace thinks fans should be patient with the promising young guard via TMZ:
“He’s young.