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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeFoo, post: 2351341, member: 210"] It was only one game but I have the same concerns. - He's not athletic enough to get around NBA point guards without going so fast that he's basically out of control when he gets to the rim. - Right now he has no midrange floater... the one he tried to throw up yesterday was a complete brick with zero touch - His J looks completely broken... he did get one off yesterday and hit so who knows maybe it will work. He shoots from such a low release point that at some point NBA players will start swiping low and ripping it away before he releases. I tend to think the jumper needs to be completely reworked. Not sure why his dad ever let him develop up a jumper with such poor form. I learned how to shoot a J from watching the NBA and lots and lots of practice... you'd think someone whose dad was an NBA player would have an advantage there. - he was totally unassertive... I don't think its in the Lakers best interest to let Brandon Ingram/Larry Nance/Deng/Clarkson et al dominate the ball so much yet Ball was deferring to them. He needs to have the ball in his hands like Curry does. I did like some parts of his game however - he wasn't afraid to mix it up on the boards... got 8 rebounds - he played decent D - his vision and touch on passes is elite I think the better the talent around Ball gets the better he looks. He needs people who can actually hit shots around him. Not sure about the Kidd comparisons... people forget that Kidd was very athletic in his younger days and he could score when he wanted to even if he wasn't a great shooter. Also Kidd, like other super stars like LeBron, Melo, Wade and Paul dominated the court form the first second he stepped on it... there was never any doubt as to who the best player was. I didn't get that feeling from Ball yesterday, although you did get that from him when he played at UCLA. The other thing to keep in mind was that Ball had Patrick Beverly, one of the best defensive guards in the league, basically face guarding him the whole game. [/QUOTE]

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