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The team that Lonzo Ball would build

I think it’s safe to say that the Los Angeles Lakers have a point guard who is well on his way to becoming the most polarizing player in the NBA, let alone professional sports. His father’s comments often draw more attention than what Lonzo can actually do on the court, and it has a chance to get in the way unless the kid finds a better way to handle the situations he’s put into by his dad and the family brand.

Altogether though, he’s not the worst rookie ever like some might think, but he is overrated. There’s a lot more work to be done to his game than any of the other young stars on the Los Angeles Lakers, or anyone else in the league for that matter.

And it starts and stops with maturity.

In any case, here’s the All-Star squad that Lonzo Ball would’ve picked had he been a captain this year.

Point Guard – Lonzo Ball

He’s the youngest to ever record a triple double in NBA history — you can’t take that away from him — but you have to wonder how long he can handle the limelight like this. He’s not going to be in his early 20’s or teens forever, and eventually he’ll have to be his own man away from his father to reach all that he can really be as a basketball player.

Shooting Guard – DeMar DeRozan

It’s really a toss up for me between Jimmy Butler and DeMar DeRozan. However, since you could slide Butler technically down to the three, DeRozan makes for a better choice here as the shooting guard. Ball needs balance in his game to get things back to where they need to be, and playing alongside a veteran like DeRozan would be a good turning point if he still needed it by this point.

Small Forward – Jimmy Butler

Because of the aforementioned point, Butler still makes the squad but not as a shooting guard. He can still do plenty of scoring damage at small forward, especially if Lonzo Ball’s ability to find the open guy continues to get better year after year.

Power Forward – LeBron James

The reason I bring up LeBron James so late in this article is simple. Kuzma wants to be his own boss and not have an overshadowing issue or ego problem as we’ve seen from the Kyrie Irving-LeBron James drama as well as the Shaq-Kobe problems. Lonzo likes the spotlight but is willing to play alongside stars, it seems. The most talk about LeBron James coming to Los Angeles as a possibility in free agency has also largely been because of how much Ball changes the picture.

Center – Andre Drummond

Another guy that deserves more credit than he gets in the league is Pistons center Andre Drummond. The dude averages 15 points and 15 boards per game, but didn’t start in the All-Star game. To me, that’s ridiculous. In order to try and even out the strengths of the team that he’s selected, Ball would take Drummond to make sure that they get as many second chance points as ultimately possible.

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Now that you have my thoughts on what their selections would be, the better question now is who would win in a head to head battle.