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“He must become more strong.” In Aimé Jacquet mode, Charles Lee did not go through four paths on Monday when giving his point of view on the season of LaMelo Ball. The All-Star leader is not far from getting out of his best statistical season, with in particular more than 25 points on average, but the improvement points remain numerous, on both sides of the prosecution, beyond the fact that his repeated injuries, in the ankle in particular, only weaken it a little more.
The Hornets coach notably insisted on his defense, after finding that the opponents target him to try to get him out of the match because of the faults. On the first month and a half of competition, he found himself four times excluded for six faults. Even if he improved next, it remains a problem that he must better manage.
At the end of March, in the last match of his season, it was Orlando who had in turn managed to get him out for six faults. Lamelo Ball had then spent less than 30 minutes on the ground.
“The teams try to exclude it, to be physical, and you can see that at the start of the season, when the teams did it, it really bothered it”, he recognized. “As he got used to it, he felt much more comfortable. He must become stronger and physically more fit to be able to play on both sides of the field and keep the efforts … When you are one of the best players in the league, you must be ready on the physical level. To fight this, you have to be stronger ”.
The desire to do better
Despite his status as a league star at only 23 years old, the leader of the Hornets aspires much better than to squat the low funds of the East Conference, as is the case for five seasons already. To progress, he too has identified the main problem, this inability to take a physical level. “I clearly agree with everything they say, I just have to be in the muscular room”he simply conceded.
The fact that the coach and the coach share the same analysis is already a good thing. If Charles Lee has not specifically given objectives to his leader in terms of muscle mass or weight he should reach during the summer, the problem has been identified.
Because in terms of talent, Lamelo Ball clearly does not lack, and it is also what also makes the unique player that he is in the League, as GM Jeff Peterson did not remember.
“Lamelo is an incredible competitor and he knows that so that we have the best chance of winning and achieving our goals, he must be on the ground. We provide him with all the necessary resources and, once again, he devotes time to it and is responsible. We are happy that the season is over in this regard and that it is able to gain strength and start next season in good health ”he said. “He played at an All-Star. I told him the other day I had been lucky, like Charles, to rub shoulders with great players in this league, and Lamelo is unique and does things that no one else can do, frankly. ”
Appointment is made at the end of September, after new operations at the ankle and the wrist, for the start of the “training camp” of next season to see if the message went well.
| LaMelo Ball | Percentage | Rebound | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | To | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2020-21 | CHA | 51 | 29 | 43.6 | 35.2 | 75.8 | 1.2 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 15.7 |
| 2021-22 ☆ | CHA | 75 | 32 | 42.9 | 38.9 | 87.2 | 1.4 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 20.1 |
| 2022-23 | CHA | 36 | 35 | 41.1 | 37.6 | 83.6 | 1.2 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 23.3 |
| 2023-24 | CHA | 22 | 32 | 43.3 | 35.5 | 86.5 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 8.0 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 23.9 |
| 2024-25 | CHA | 47 | 32 | 40.5 | 33.9 | 84.3 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 7.4 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 25.2 |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = minutes; Shots = successful shots / tempted shots; 3pts = 3-point / 3-point attempted; LF = Successful free throws / tempted free throws; Off = offensive rebound; Def = defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; PD = assists; FTE: Personal faults; Int = interceptions; BP = lost bullets; CT: against; Pts = points.
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