Lonzo Ball:
9.5 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 5.1 APG, .333 3P%, .491 eFG%, 11.5 PER, 21 years old
Klay Thompson made the All-Star game last season averaging 20 PPG, which is the lowest average points per game among the Western Conference guards. I could see Ingram becoming an All-Star in the future with 19 or 20 PPG and great all-around stats, but it’s hard to imagine a guard getting in, with less than that.
I doubt Lonzo’s ever going to average more than 13 points per game, so can he make an All-Star game when other guards out West are going to be almost doubling his point production?
The player most comparable to Lonzo is Draymond Green: Here’s his stats again from last year: 11 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 7.3 APG, .301 3P%, .562 eFG%, 16.1 PER
Green’s numbers don’t jump off the page, but he won Defensive Player of the Year in 2016-2017 and he’s helped the Warriors win 3 championships over the last four years.
What’s it going to take for Lonzo to become an All-Star?
He’s going to have to average: 13 PPG, 8 APG, 7 RPG, and 2 SPG. He’s also going to have to make 1st team All-Defense the year before he’s voted onto the All-Star team and the Lakers are going to have to make it to the Western Conference Finals the year before he’s chosen.
That’s going to be very hard to do, and even if he does hit all of those markers he still might not make it, because he just doesn’t put the ball in the basket enough.