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[QUOTE="Melancer46, post: 2141833, member: 1674"]
Yeah, both he and Fultz struggled at the FT line for guys that are supposed to be good-great shooters. That's not even my concern with Ball though. I just think he's more in the Ennis mold of passing rather than being a true creator. If he has a guy open, Ball will find him every time, but if his teammates are covered and he has to put pressure on the defense to create openings for his teammates, I don't have much faith that he'll be able to do it. He's not very quick and isn't a very good ball-handler. And even worse, with his shooting mechanics, I think NBA defenses will dare him to pull-up in the pick-and-roll the way they do with Ricky Rubio.

And the UK-UCLA game made my concerns with Ball's defense pretty obvious to anybody that watched. I'd still take Ball in that 6-10 range and hope he tightens his handle/tweaks his mechanics, but I think he has potential fatal flaws on both sides of the ball. I think he actually might be best suited to play SG in the NBA as a guy that can spot up, attack close-outs, and make good cuts off the ball, and he'll have a much better chance of surviving defensively as a SG.

Edit: Right now, I think my big board for the lottery would be:

Tier 1:
Fultz

Tier 2: 
Josh Jackson

Tier 3:
Jayson Tatum
Dennis Smith
Lauri Markkanen
De'Aaron Fox
Lonzo Ball
Malik Monk

Tier 4:
Frank Ntilikina
Jonathan Isaac

Tier 5:
Justin Jackson
John Collins
Justin Patton
Miles Bridges
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