What did Lonzo Ball actually supply in 2017-18 for LAL?
Lonzo Ball's strongest evidenced functions are passing, event creation, creation; the weakest available areas are interior finishing, shooting, rim pressure. The profile is tied to LAL for 2017-18.
High1,049,254 observed minutes
Function profile
Directly observed offensive and defensive functions — separate readings, never a grade.
7 of 7 — complete
Career arc
Stabilized impact across governed seasons — a trend line, not a career grade. Hollow points mean evidence unavailable.
Lineup context
Exact five-player context with honest sample strength.
CHI · 2024-25Small lineup sample150 possessions
Nikola Vucevic, Zach LaVine, Lonzo Ball, Patrick Williams, Josh Giddey produced 116.9 offense and 106.7 defense over 150 possessions (2.4 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
CHI · 2021-22Small lineup sample281 possessions
DeMar DeRozan, Nikola Vucevic, Zach LaVine, Lonzo Ball, Javonte Green produced 113.0 offense and 107.8 defense over 281 possessions (1.9 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
CHI · 2021-22Small lineup sample173 possessions
DeMar DeRozan, Nikola Vucevic, Zach LaVine, Alex Caruso, Lonzo Ball produced 107.5 offense and 101.7 defense over 173 possessions (1.5 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
NOP · 2020-21
Contract & salary
Season rows under the serving definition; provisional status sits beside the amount.
Body & injury history
Every governed medical episode, mapped to the body. Evidence about the player — never a team decision or a durability grade.
No governed medical episodes are knowable for this player at this as-of moment.
Acquisition history
How he arrived at each team — fit, role realization and price stay separate lanes.
withheld: falsesalary rows: 19resolved player: trueseason profiles: 7medical episodes: 0lineup rows returned: 18current acquisition signal count: 0current acquisition date unresolved count: 0actual nba minutes required for season profiles: true
+Supporting relations (7)
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Creation
77
Rim pressure
45
Shooting*
41
Passing
80
Screening*—
Interior finish
39
Point of attack*—
Switch coverage*—
Rim protection
62
Event creation
79
Rebounding
60
* limited evidence. A dash means the evidence was insufficient — not a zero. The radar plots only scored functions; missing axes are marked with a dash, never drawn at zero.
Performance lanes
Three separate lanes — never merged into one number.
On/Off
+0.6 net per 100
on -1.1 · off -1.8 · 3,381 possessions
RAPM (single season)
+0.2 per 100
6,753 possessions
Stabilized RAPM
+0.0 per 100
O +0.0 / D +0.0 · 0 season history
Season summaries are retrospective descriptions, not causal player-value estimates.
Rotation-size lineup sample
1,167 possessions
Eric Bledsoe, Steven Adams, Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Zion Williamson produced 116.3 offense and 115.4 defense over 1167 possessions (0.6 shrunk net). 2 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
NOP · 2020-21Small lineup sample257 possessions
Eric Bledsoe, Willy Hernangomez, Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Zion Williamson produced 115.6 offense and 105.3 defense over 257 possessions (3.5 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
NOP · 2020-21Small lineup sample185 possessions
Eric Bledsoe, Steven Adams, Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart produced 124.3 offense and 107.9 defense over 185 possessions (4.4 shrunk net). 2 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
Jrue Holiday, Derrick Favors, Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Zion Williamson produced 115.7 offense and 98.1 defense over 573 possessions (9.4 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
NOP · 2019-20Small lineup sample353 possessions
JJ Redick, Jrue Holiday, Derrick Favors, Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball produced 111.6 offense and 116.5 defense over 353 possessions (-2.0 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
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* hatched bars are provisional or scheduled figures, not canonically resolved cap hits.
