Chris Broussard talks Lonzo Ball's shooting slump in Lakers' loss to New Orleans | UNDISPUTED

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how worried should the

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be about Lonzo, not at all because of the current sports climate where his daily talk shows, like this 24 hour radio station, sports talk shows and every city in which we tend to react to like every NBA game. college foot

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I mean this is a bad game now that he's been on a losing streak but he's a rookie and that happens the only way they should care is if in their hearts the Lakers really thought it was Magic Johnson because he is not. that the best he can, I've said it before, it will never be magical if you thought it was going to be maybe Jason Kidd, he could still positively beat Jessica, the things that Lonzo is struggling with can be fixed on three point

shooting

, he can become a better. three-point shooter mid-range game he can improve in that aggressiveness he has already become more aggressive he can continue to be more aggressive the things he has that you cannot teach our critic all those intangibles I think he is a winning player his altruism his vision of the court his ability for the

ball

the rebounds are most disconcerting how good a rebounder he is that is an ability for the ball and he shows it in defense with his instincts where he gets deflections he gets steals so look apart from dad who is been in silence, you know, talking a lot and creating these high expectations, if that didn't exist, we would say ten point seven assists seven rebounds per game which is almost on par with what Jason Kidd is as a rookie in a very similar situation where he found Jason.

Dallas with some talented young players Jim Jackson Jamal Mashburn won 36 games Jason didn't shoot well from 327 Percy started worse than Lonzo didn't shoot well from the field 38% look what he became I think the lines are fine hmm I'm you don't care You're done, don't you worry that he's going to be a failure, I'll let you know, I've always said this is a bet, they say exactly the same thing, Chris, it's that I don't watch Magic Johnson, I don't watch Transcendental, I see a very good player and I could do it because Jason. Kidd became a very good three-point shooter, but Skip Bayless wants us to believe that Lanza was decisive in the fourth quarter, so he had me, you know me and my coaching staff.

I had to get over it, you know, he was a little unprepared, but my crack stick now last night in the fourth quarter from three opened fire. I told you you did it on the last fail, okay I did it, but I only had a second. time in the last eight games he is 1 for 14 from 3 in the fourth quarter he is 2 for 19 overall Lonzo Ball 30.1 field goal percentage in the first in the fourth quarter is the worst of all qualified shooters, so that notion that Skip Bayless wants you I think a long time ago the ball was key in the fourth quarter is simply not true.

Now your night raises a point of order. I watched Luke Walton's entire postgame media session and he offered to say that in most cases when it's time to win, use the magic soul phrase. Lonzo elevates. He obviously didn't play his game last night, but Luke referenced the San Antonio game in San Antonio when he hit three 3-pointers in the last two minutes to win the game. Alonso also hit big late 3-pointers in Houston, a game they won when they didn't have any. The business was that team in that building and they scored a big hat trick in the Golden State home game that went to overtime and they lost in overtime, but they played a ton against Golden State twice home and away in the middle of the season.

It's the decisive last quarters and Luke mentioned it in the winning time, he elevates his game. I just won't let him play at any point until the game closes in the fourth quarter because they're stalling, he'll rise because he doesn't do anything. facing the offensive side and the point is he's not a scorer he's not a shooter he's a facilitator these scores all they need to see once is the ball going into the basket so if the shots don't fall from outside, they're going to try to get to the lane, get a file, get to the free throw line, okay, the shot I'm looking for, so that's what I have to do, but he doesn't want to drive because after the Davis' pandas were thrown at the boy behind. and he's

shooting

46% from the free throw line.

I mean shoot better, there's only one guy in our minds that we can remember that has a free throw percentage than Lonzo Ball is Ben Wallace, Howard's problem target shoots better in his career. the free throw line Lonzo's ball Shaquille O'Neal that's weird his free throws I mentioned it first on this show before you realize I wasn't the first to say I have a big problem with the guy I love him no He can make his free throws. He has demons in free throws. Why did I tell you that you want me to bring it up?

No, no, because if you do this from three and then go to the freezer line and try to do this, he's not going to do it. works consistently because you're confused about how to do this right, although not when he goes mid-range and stops regularly because you can't do that, you can't do that, so that's what it's going to be. interesting, they're going to try to say: shoot your free throws and mid-range shots, or you're going to have to shoot your free throws here, yes, or you're going to have to start shooting your 3-point shot here, yes. you're where the other day don't go together because you won't trust the free throw line if you're going to go conventional to the max you play rig dear rig bear shot the shot like Biff and grandma did it, well you can do the grandma move because that's not a different movement.

I think even though I look, statistics are statistics. I mean, obviously, he hasn't been decisive, but I'm okay with leaving that out when you look at it, he hasn't. I think he's a guy who will shrink on the big stage now that he's a young player, he's not that good yet, so he misses shots. He understands it, but the first time at Madison Square Garden he was great, against one of his heroes, LeBron James. He was great, you know everything. I think his dad making these proclamations about him his entire life has made him have to live up to some big things, so I think he'll be fine once he becomes a better, more mature player or we lower expectations.

Well, yeah, again, someone thought, did you think he was magical? You know I didn't do it because you don't have the charisma or the personality because no one has had that kind of charisma and personality that Magic Johnson had and I covered for Jason Kidd. his first year in Dallas with the three.js no and by the way speaking of Jay I was the one who coined the phrase he is a child of sand because he doesn't have Jay because he didn't have any, he trusted me, no, I couldn't shoot a lip, could. Don't shoot even what Lonzo can shoot and I'll remind everyone that Lonzo had a reputation as a knockdown shooter in the AAU ranks.

By the way, here's a quick quote from Luke Walton too in this long interview he did last night. After the game, we have a lot of confidence as Lonzo grows and matures in this league. We expect him to be a consistent takedown shooter. I think it's not just him saying that. I think they look at his history. AAU. He was considered a clutch three-point shooter. Ask anyone who's seen him, ask Eddie how well he could keep going, give him a shot, but that life on the field is skipped, he might be a takedown shooter, but you're not going to get that shot if someone's guarding you.

Okay, you're not bringing that ball from here. in India, although I have seen statistics and I don't have them in front of me, but those second level statistics this year, when he is in competition, he is a better three-point shooter with a hand on the face, sometimes it is difficult when you are collapsing like it is now and they just challenge you and just tell you to shoot a free throw, basically, it's hard to make those shots, so what just happened? What do we see on the roller coaster for 16 games? He was the best three-point shooter in the entire league for those 16 games and then all of a sudden he hit rock bottom again and for the last seven games he's been the last worst three-point shooter in the entire league, that's pretty hard to reconcile those two because he you saw it and then you didn't see it and at UCLA he went 41% from three and like he keeps saying I've been making those shots my whole life well he has but not just to be honest three is different even though we've seen a lot . of guys are great in AAU at something, they're great in college, we have to stop thinking that all of that automatically transfers to the NBA and you keep talking about that 16-game stretch.

I saw a 30-game stretch where he was saying, do I win or Watson? itself, hat coach who watched him a lot in a yes, he's in awe of Lonzo as a shooter, scorer and passer, he's just saying you haven't seen anything, your own vibe, he said you see, I mentioned this before to Shannon. Remember how Kobe's rookie year ended in the playoffs against Utah? He played nine playoff games but shot 6 of 23 and then at the end of the year he hit four airballs in a row at the end of a winnable game and had to go through an entire offseason of people saying about Kobe what you're saying. now about the

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, one hit, these three points, I'm going to the right, well, subscribe to Duncan, funny old man, by the way, I have weight in that mid-range name. talking about Phoenix because Earl was still the coach in game number two this year on a Friday night.

I saw every gerbil in this game. A

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was spectacular. He signed me up when I was 29, what was he? 29:39 yeah, what was he doing all night? him attacking the rim and in the fourth quarter he took the game instead of attacking Tyson Chandler at the line because he wasn't afraid to shoot free throws yet. The real demons are the free throw demons. He doesn't trust himself at all, so, to your point. He'll keep shooting threes because he knows he had a good streak shooting threes, but he doesn't want to say, "I'm giving up on threes. I'm just going to attack." Get in the line because he's afraid he'll get fouled and have to leave. shoot in that free time and also the three is such a big part of the game that I don't even know how worried people are about his lack of a midrange game because there are so many philosophies on the right hard drive or three, well, look, believe. you can become a 16 point scorer in the league and as long as I have big scores with him oh yeah yeah yeah he'll be fine so what I like the most is Luke's first point he wants a point guard with the guts . keep shooting even when you miss and what I told you earlier in the show at the end he gives the ball to Brooke and immediately because eight Anthony Davis changes it, he claps his hands to get the ball back, that's when he misses.

What was he doing then? 10 and a row, we had been in a row laughing, oh, and he, because he's saying, I'm going to shoot another one and this is the pause of the creator of the game, you know, this is the winner of the game, he clapped his hands to get the He returns the ball because he is not afraid to shoot. He has problems? Yes, and he has to solve these problems. I see that's not working, let's fix that shot thanks for watching, subscribe here to get the latest on the show and be sure to check out more of the best clips from

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