2025-26 Season
LONZO BALL
2025-26 Season
LONZO BALL
Ball produces at an below average rate for a 21-minute workload.
About this model: Net Impact can't measure floor spacing, help defense rotations, or playmaking gravity — so wings and guards are slightly undervalued vs bigs. How Net Impact works
TEAM COMPARISON
of 17 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)
SKILL DNA
Percentile rank vs 236 Guards with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
A crippling lack of offensive aggression and frigid perimeter shooting defined Lonzo Ball's early season stretch, transforming him into a glaring half-court liability. During a disastrous outing on 11/05 vs PHI, he posted a brutal -11.0 impact score while going scoreless on just three shot attempts. Defenders aggressively sagged off him because he posed zero scoring threat, completely clogging the spacing for his teammates. Even when he finally let it fly on 11/24 vs TOR, the results were painful to watch. Despite racking up 8 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists in 34 minutes, his abysmal 2-for-12 mark from deep cratered his offensive execution and resulted in a -7.6 impact score, entirely erasing his elite defensive metrics. He only found genuine success when his outside jumper briefly cooperated. On 11/12 vs MIA, Ball drilled 4-of-7 from beyond the arc to rack up 15 points and 8 assists. That excellent shot selection maximized his offensive footprint and generated a +6.3 impact score, offering a fleeting glimpse of the connective playmaker he used to be.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Inconsistent. Ball has clear good-night/bad-night splits, with scoring swinging ~4 points between games. You're never quite sure which version shows up.
Streaky shooter — only cracks 45% from the field in 22% of games. Efficiency is all over the place night-to-night.
Defensive difference-maker. Ball consistently forces tough shots and protects the rim — opponents shoot worse when he's guarding them.
Slight upward trend. First-half impact: -4.9, second-half: -2.0. Modest improvement — possibly settling into a rhythm.
Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 2 games. Longest cold streak: 8 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY
Based on 47 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.
ON OFFENSE: WHO GUARDED HIM
His shooting stats against each primary defender this season
ON DEFENSE: WHO HE GUARDED
How opponents shot when he was the primary defender. Lower FG% = better defense.
SEASON STATS
GAME LOG
35 games played