re: Wait, Lonzo Ball has the worst FG% in all of the NBA. Wow! #2 pick? LoL

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Ball's actually had a higher average game score in his 1st 11 games than Russel, so it's not like Russell was lighting it up either.

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You do bring up a good point as Russell has shown steady improvement, inceasing his PER by 5.2 and his Box Plus Minus by 2.8 from his first year, and that's likely an even greater improvement compared to the first 11 games.

That being said, game score is largely dependent on minutes because it doesn't control for rates like most stats. And in this case Lonzo averages (33.5) 8.7 or 35% more minutes per game than Russell's first 11 games (24.8). So translating it to per 36, Russell would have had a game score of 9.6 while Lonzo would have a game score of 8.0.

But the general point remains that Russell struggled too but has improved so Lonzo obviously shouldn't be dismissed so easily; however, he'll need a huge improvement though.