Bad Habits Hornets’ LaMelo Ball Needs to Fix Next Season
By Aidan Casey
1. LaMelo Ball’s Shot Selection
LaMelo Ball is not scared of any shot. At 15 years old, he pointed to the half-court line and shot the ball from half-court to open up the game.
Spoiler alert: the shot went in.
Present day, LaMelo still tends to settle for poor shots more often than he should. There are times where he will settle for a 34-foot three-point shot with plenty of time left on the shot clock. Although LaMelo may be developing into one of the off-ball shooters in the NBA, he needs to do a better job picking and choosing when to pull the trigger from 30+ feet.
Additionally, Ball needs to do a better job of deciding when to take a floater or truly get to the rim. His touch on floaters is phenomenal; however, settling for floaters becomes predictable, and the defense won’t fear a strong take to the rim, which leads to the next habit.