LAMELO BALL ALL STAR PROFESSIONAL

Previously, scouts had mocked Ball as a second round pick and potentially never playing in the NBA. Ball committed to UCLA, but chose to forgo college basketball amid eligibility concerns and play in Australia for the Illawarra Hawks of the National Basketball League (NBL) in 2019. In 2018, he played in the Junior Basketball Association (JBA), a league created by his father, before returning to high school as a senior with SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio.

LAMELO BALL ALL STAR PROFESSIONAL

Before his junior season, a coaching dispute prompted him to leave Chino Hills and sign with Lithuanian professional team Prienai. Ball was voted the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2021 and named an NBA All-Star the following season in 2022.īall began high school at Chino Hills High School in Chino Hills, California, where he won a state championship and achieved national success as a freshman with his older brothers Lonzo and LiAngelo. He was selected by the Hornets with the third overall pick of the 2020 NBA draft. LaMelo LaFrance Ball (born August 22, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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