Los Angeles Lakers: Luke Walton is sabotaging Lonzo Ball

LeBron James had no problem with how he’s playing!

Lonzo must have been doing something right this past week. After scoring two points in the state of Florida, he came back strong with a great performance in Cleveland…

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Dunking on people…

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Playing defense! I mean, you do remember that Larry Nance Jr. is a power forward right?!

How about making plays in crunch time? Some things that are important and possibly could have been used in the Orlando game on Sunday!

After that check out what LeBron said about Lonzo’s play on Friday…

"“Sometimes he doesn’t realize how great he is,” James said after a 90-83 winover the Utah Jazz on Friday night at Staples Center. “The things that he possesses out on the floor, when Zo realizes how good he is on the floor, it makes him a very dynamic player and it makes us even better. And he’s been doing that as of late, [with] his aggressiveness.”"

It’s really hard to realize how great you are when the coach doesn’t trust you to finish out a game when it is close. Nothing against Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, but Lonzo Ball is the Lakers best defensive player at guard. Plus, if this guy is showing the potential that LeBron James sees, what is Luke Walton’s issue?

More LeBron James.

"“Even when he’s not making, just his attack as you’ve seen earlier in the game, just him getting to the rim [is important],” James said of Ball, who went 4-for-10 from the field. “He missed a couple of ’em; that’s absolutely fine. He had a couple charges; that’s absolutely fine. When he’s aggressive, it just changes our dynamic of the team, and he’s been doing it of late and we need him to continue to do that because he’s very good.”"

Sure, good enough that Ball played all 12 minutes to close out the game against Utah!

In that quarter, Lonzo Ball hit the only shot he took and played great defense. Here’s an example!

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He then combined that with two rebounds and had two assists. In a game where he was instrumental in the Lakers best defensive effort of the season, Lonzo Ball should have been out there.