NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 28: Lonzo Ball #2 of the New Orleans Pelicans (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
Lonzo Ball of the New Orleans Pelicans may have been ranked too highly in ESPN’s top-100 players.
A new tradition in the NBA is ripping apart ESPN’s top 100 players list. This year, the player causing the most stir is the Pelicans’ Lonzo Ball.
Every year ESPN attempts this fruitless labor, which doesn’t seem to have much logic to it in some cases and always stirs up some controversy, which is probably the point.
Last season, Lonzo Ball ranked 68th on the ESPN Top 100 list, which seemed fair given his potential, age and accomplishments so far in the NBA.