Taking cookies and avoiding turnovers

High usage rates and assist percentages typically go along with high turnover rates and lower steal percentages, particularly the former. That is not the case, impressively, for Ball.

First, he has a surprisingly high steal percentage on the year at 3.1 percent, the sixth-best mark in the league. He still struggles defensively but has many of the same instincts that make Lonzo Ball effective defensively.

On the other end, his turnover percentage of 12.6 percent is respectable particularly considering how much the ball is in his hands. Of the top ten in assist percentage this season, that 12.6 percent figure is tied for third-lowest.

While Ball’s shooting has been largely inefficient, every other aspect of his game has been very efficient this season.

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