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2024-25 stats: 28.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 7.3 apg, 1.4 spg, 41.9 FG%Global rating ranking: 13.35 (57th overall)
Probably not the biggest snub considering he’s injured and the Charlotte Hornets are one of the worst teams in the league (they sit at 12-32 at the time of his writing), LaMelo Ball still deserves mention here, especially considering it’s not every day a player averaging over 28 points and seven assists per game fails to earn All-Star honors.
Still, as we said, Ball’s the best player for a very bad basketball team, his efficiency (33.7 percent on over 12 nightly threes) is quite poor and his play, even prior to the ankle injury he recently suffered, was regressing a bit, with Ball averaging just 24.2 points on 40.1 percent shooting over his last 13 appearances.
Of note, Ball is one of just 11 players ever to average a 28/5/7 stat line in a single season, and the rest of the list is all Hall of Famers or future Hall of Famers like Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic, LeBron James, James Harden and Russell Westbrook.
Ball is a bit of an enigma.
