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Lakers: How will Ball’s rookie year stack against all-time Laker greats?

ByJason Reed|
LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 23: Lonzo Ball looks on as Magic Johnson, president of basketball operations of the Los Angeles Lakers talks to the media during a press conference on June 23, 2017 at the team training faculity in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 23: Lonzo Ball looks on as Magic Johnson, president of basketball operations of the Los Angeles Lakers talks to the media during a press conference on June 23, 2017 at the team training faculity in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)
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EL SEGUNDO, CA – SEPTEMBER 25: Lonzo Ball (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) – Lakers
EL SEGUNDO, CA – SEPTEMBER 25: Lonzo Ball (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) – Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers are proud owners of the favorite to win the NBA Rookie of the Year award, Lonzo Ball. How will Ball’s rookie campaign compare to the best to ever do it?

Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, Jerry West, the list goes on and on. TheLos Angeles Lakershave had some of the most historic names in basketball play for their franchise. With 16 title rings, it is easy to see why the biggest stars of the sport were indeed Lakers. This franchise has accomplished it all, well, except one thing.

The Los Angeles Lakers, with all of their championship wins, MVP awards and All-NBA First Team members, have only hadonerookie of the year. That lone accolade belongs to Elgin Baylor, who won the award with the Minneapolis Lakers all the way back in 1959.

With the likes of Bryant, Johnson and West all sharing their rookie year with the Lakers, you would think the organization would showcase more winners.

Lonzo Ball has the potential to become just the second Laker to ever win the NBA Rookie of the Year award, with the only current winner a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. While a promising rookie campaign does not guarantee anything, it is incredible to think that Ball can do what other greats before him couldn’t.

Using those same legends as a measuring stick, how will Ball’s rookie season rank with the best to ever play for the Lakers? WIthBleacher Reports’ projected stat linefor Ball, here is how the Lakers’ rookie will compare with the all-time greatest.

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