I've been fairly vocal about my dislike of Ball on this team, so I don't want to seem like a broken record KGLL, but I'm not for it.
Looking at Ball's stats I think there are 2 fairly alarming numbers that jump out and they both involve the line. Despite nearly always having the ball in his hands Lonzo Ball is averaging only 3.1 Free throw attempts per game and is hitting them at about a 68% clip. While Fultz is only shooting 67% at the line, he's doing so at 6.4 FTA a game.
Free throw shooting is one of the best indicators for how well you'll shoot at the next level and Ball's shot concerns me, especially considering he's not supporting that shot by driving it to the rack. Sure Ball is shooting at a much higher percentage than Fultz at .530 vs. .484 and .430 vs .418. but in terms terms of attempts it's not even close.
Ball is surrounded by spacing and has the luxury of choosing when to attack to the tune of 9.6 shot attempts per game 5.6 of which are 3's. Fultz on the other hand is in constant attack mode putting up an incredible 16.6 shots per game with only 4.4 of which coming from 3.
For me It's Markelle Fultz by a mile and even though Ball could very well end up as a modern day Steve Nash or Jason Kidd, those teams historically get stopped in the playoffs.
You say Ball will find Isaiah the rock? The rock already finds Isaiah. We don't need a ball dominant playmaker next to IT4, we need someone like Avery Bradley or Klay Thompson, an off ball scorer who can lockdown their matchup.
If we have the opportunity to take the BPA Markelle Fultz we have to either trade the pick or pull the trigger and figure out who stays between him or IT later. Let some other team become the run and gun Suns I like the direction we're headed right now.