Lamelo Ball Playing High School Basketball Again

American basketball game role player

LaMelo Brawl
LaMelo Ball (cropped).jpg

Brawl in the 2022 NBA All-Star Game

No. 1 – Charlotte Hornets
Position Point baby-sit
League NBA
Personal information
Born (2001-08-22) August 22, 2001 (age 20)
Anaheim, California, U.South.
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (ii.01 m)
Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school
  • Chino Hills
    (Chino Hills, California)
  • SPIRE Academy
    (Geneva, Ohio)
NBA typhoon 2020 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the Charlotte Hornets
Playing career 2018–present
Career history
2018 Prienai
2018 Los Angeles Ballers
2019–2020 Illawarra Hawks
2020–present Charlotte Hornets
Career highlights and awards
  • NBA All-Star (2022)
  • NBA Rookie of the Year (2021)
  • NBA All-Rookie First Team (2021)
  • NBL Rookie of the Year (2020)
  • JBA champion (2018)
  • JBA All-Star (2018)
StatsEdit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball game-Reference.com

LaMelo LaFrance Ball (born August 22, 2001) is an American professional person basketball thespian for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball game Association (NBA). He was selected by the Hornets with the third overall pick of the 2020 NBA draft. Ball was voted the NBA Rookie of the Yr in 2021 and named an NBA All-Star the following season in 2022.

Brawl began loftier schoolhouse at Chino Hills High School in Chino Hills, California, where he won a state title and achieved national success as a freshman with his older brothers Lonzo and LiAngelo. Before his junior season, a coaching dispute prompted him to leave Chino Hills and sign with Lithuanian professional person squad Prienai. In 2018, he played in the Junior Basketball game Association (JBA), a league created by his father, before returning to high school as a senior with SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio. Ball was a five-star recruit and committed to UCLA, but chose to forgo college basketball game amid eligibility concerns and play in Commonwealth of australia for the Illawarra Hawks of the National Basketball League (NBL) in 2019, winning NBL Rookie of the Year. He joined Charlotte in the NBA in 2020.

Brawl and his brothers have attracted national attention since playing together in high school. His male parent, LaVar, also grew into a media personality in 2017. Brawl has a signature shoe by his father's company, Big Baller Make, and a part on his family's Facebook Sentinel reality show Ball in the Family unit.

Early on life

Ball was born in Anaheim, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area,[1] to LaVar and Tina Ball, who were both quondam college basketball players.[2]

Ball was trained in basketball by his father, LaVar, as before long as he could walk.[3] At age four, he started playing the sport with his older brothers, Lonzo and LiAngelo, facing much older opponents. He also played flag football game with his brothers at age five but connected to focus on basketball.[4] In 2013, while in 7th grade, Ball began playing with his brothers on Big Ballers VXT, a 17-and-under Amateur Able-bodied Union (AAU) team launched and coached by his parents.[5] The team, which was not sponsored by a major shoe company, did not compete in top AAU circuits and instead took part in local competitions.[6]

High school career

Freshman season (2015–2016)

In his freshman season, Ball started playing basketball for Chino Hills High School in Chino Hills, California. He was teammates with his 2 older brothers, Lonzo and LiAngelo, and his cousin, Andre Brawl.[seven] In his first game, Brawl scored 27 points as a starter.[viii] On March 5, 2016, he scored 26 points in a win over Sierra Canyon Schoolhouse for the CIF Southern Section Open Partition title.[9] Later in the month, Ball helped his team capture the CIF Open Sectionalisation country championship, recording xiv points in the championship game against De La Salle High School. Chino Hills finished the flavour with a 35–0 record and claimed the mythical national championship.[10] Brawl averaged sixteen.4 points and 3.8 assists per game and shared MaxPreps National Freshman of the Year honors with his teammate, Onyeka Okongwu.[eleven] [12]

Sophomore season (2016–2017)

On Dec 26, 2016, Ball made national headlines for making a half-court shot 2 seconds into a game.[13] [fourteen] [15] On February four, 2017, he suffered his offset loftier school loss despite scoring a game-high 36 points, with Oak Loma Academy ending Chino Hills' 60-game win streak.[16] [17] In his next game, on Feb 7, Ball scored 92 points in a win over Los Osos High School, the second-almost single-game points in California loftier school history.[18] [19] He was criticized by analysts for cherry picking, as he ofttimes waited near half court to go an open shot on his next possession instead of defending.[20] Ball finished the season averaging 26.7 points and nearly 10 assists per game, earning MaxPreps Sophomore All-American offset team recognition.[21] On July 27, he featured in an AAU game against five-star recruit Zion Williamson that was featured in national sports media.[22]

On October 2, 2017, before his junior season, Ball left Chino Hills to be homeschooled because his father disapproved of newly-appointed head omnibus Dennis Latimore and schoolhouse administration.[23] On December 7, he signed with amanuensis Harrison Gaines to play professionally overseas alongside his brother LiAngelo.[24] The decision indicated that he would non play higher basketball.[25] In the following days, Gaines offered the brothers to professional person teams in various European countries and in Japan.[26] [27] [28] [29]

Senior season (2018–2019)

Brawl with SPIRE Academy at the Flyin' to the Hoop Invitational in January 2019

On November 5, 2018, afterwards skipping his inferior twelvemonth and a function of his senior yr to play professionally, Ball joined SPIRE Institute and University, a prep school in Geneva, Ohio, where he played under head omnibus Jermaine Jackson.[30] [31] SPIRE competed exterior the jurisdiction of the Ohio High School Athletic Clan, allowing Brawl to play without concerns over his amateur status.[32] A number of prominent high school teams canceled their match-ups with SPIRE because Ball'southward professional experience would threaten their eligibility nether their land federations.[33] His team was removed from the Hoophall Classic tournament because issue organizers did not meet a $10,000 request from a Ball family unit associate in society for Ball to play.[34] On November 10, 2018, Ball debuted for SPIRE, recording 20 points, 13 assists and five rebounds in a 96–84 win over The Hill School.[35] Ball helped his squad reach the final and was named flavor MVP.[36] He was ruled ineligible for the 2019 McDonald's All-American Game due to his professional person experience.[37]

Recruiting

Ball verbally committed to play college basketball for UCLA at age 13, before starting high schoolhouse,[38] [39] becoming the tertiary of his brothers to commit to the school.[38] Brawl, who was as well recruited by Virginia and Washington State at the time, said that UCLA was his "dream school."[forty] He emerged as a acme recruit in the 2019 class during his sophomore flavour in high school.[41] Virtually recruiting services considered him a 5-star recruit and 1 of the meridian signal guards in his class.[42] [43] When Ball returned to loftier schoolhouse after a professional stint in 2018, he remained a 5-star recruit.[44]

The 2017 release of Ball's Melo Ball i signature shoe past Large Baller Brand, his family unit's sports apparel company, threatened his eligibility under the National Collegiate Athletic Clan (NCAA).[45] [46] Ball's father ignored the concerns and considered having his son skip higher for that reason.[46] Ball's signing of an agent and his professional person experience farther imperiled his NCAA eligibility.[32] Despite questions surrounding his eligibility, which discouraged major NCAA Partition I programs from recruiting him, he expressed interest in playing college basketball upon his return to high school in Nov 2018.[44] [47] In the post-obit months, however, Brawl explored alternative options, including prep school, the NBA G League and professional leagues in Australia and China.[48] [49] [50]

U.s. college sports recruiting information for high schoolhouse athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
LaMelo Ball
PG
Chino Hills, CA SPIRE University (OH) vi ft six in (one.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg)
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:N/A   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars ESPN:5/5 stars   ESPN grade: 93
Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals:   247Sports: 26  ESPN: 21
  • Note: In many cases, Sentinel, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2019 Squad Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 21, 2019.

Professional person career

Prienai (2018)

Ball with Prienai at a London exhibition game in April 2018

On December 11, 2017, Brawl signed with Prienai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) with his brother, LiAngelo.[51] Ball reportedly became the youngest American to ever sign a professional person basketball game contract.[52] The brothers' move to Republic of lithuania was heavily reported by American sports media.[53] [54] Prienai withdrew from the Baltic Basketball League upon their arrival and took part in various exhibition games sponsored by Big Baller Brand.[55] On January 13, 2018, Brawl made his professional debut, going scoreless in five minutes against Lietkabelis.[56] On February 4, he scored a flavor-high xix points, with 4 three-pointers and six assists, in a loss to Žalgiris.[57] In an exhibition game toward the end of the month, he suffered a leg injury that sidelined him for a month.[58] [59] On Apr 25, Ball left Prienai with his family unit, with his father criticizing the squad's head omnibus Virginijus Šeškus, in part considering Ball did not receive enough playing time.[lx] [61] He finished the LKL season averaging 6.five points and 2.4 assists, shooting 26.eight percentage from the field, in 12.8 minutes per game.[62]

Los Angeles Ballers (2018)

On May 4, 2018, Ball signed with the Los Angeles Ballers of the Junior Basketball Association (JBA), a new league created by his father as an alternative to college basketball game, and was touted by the league as its "marquee actor."[63] [64] In his debut on June 21, he posted a triple-double of 40 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists and three steals, shooting xv-of-40 from the field, in a 134–124 win over the New York Ballers.[65] [66] Over eight regular season games, Ball averaged a triple-double with 39.half-dozen points, 14.6 rebounds and 11.five assists per game, while being named to the All-Star Game.[67] In the playoff semifinals versus the New York Ballers, he scored a season-high 55 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists. He led Los Angeles to a JBA title over the Seattle Ballers.[68] After the season, Brawl was named to the league'southward select squad, called JBA United states, which would confront several European teams on an international tour.[69] On October 31, in an exhibition game versus Dzūkija on the bout, he was ejected after slapping an opposing player in the face during a scuffle.[seventy] On November 5, he left the JBA bout to render to high school in the United States for his senior flavor.[30]

Illawarra Hawks (2019–2020)

On June 17, 2019, Ball signed a two-year contract, including NBA out clauses, with the Illawarra Hawks of the Australian-based National Basketball game League (NBL).[71] He joined the Hawks through the NBL Next Stars program, which aims to develop NBA typhoon prospects.[72] [73] In August 2019, after playing for No Shnacks at the Drew League, Ball was named Leader of the New Schoolhouse, an award honoring the league'south tiptop rookie.[74] For the NBL season, he moved to Australia with his onetime SPIRE Institute coach Jermaine Jackson, who became his manager and helped him acclimatize.[71] In late September, he had success at the NBL Blitz, a pre-flavor tournament. He recorded 19 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists in a preseason win over the Perth Wildcats.[75]

On October half dozen, in his start regular flavour game, Brawl tallied 12 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists on six-of-17 shooting in a loss to the Brisbane Bullets.[76] He causeless a more important role following a season-catastrophe injury to star indicate guard Aaron Brooks on October 27.[77] Ball recorded a season-high 32 points, 11 rebounds and xiii assists on November 25, in an overtime victory over the Cairns Taipans, to go the youngest NBL player to record a triple-double.[78] In his next game, Ball posted another triple-double with 25 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists but was held to x-of-28 shooting in a loss to the New Zealand Breakers. He became the 4th histrion in league history, and the first since the NBL switched to 40-minute games in 2009, to record consecutive triple doubles.[79] [fourscore]

On Dec 8, before he played another game, it was announced that he would miss about four weeks of activity after bruising his foot in practice.[81] On Jan 16, 2020, while yet sidelined, Ball decided to sit out for the remainder of the season.[82] He parted ways with the Hawks on Jan 28 to return to the Us and prepare for the 2020 NBA draft. Through 12 NBL games, Ball averaged 17 points, 7.4 rebounds and half dozen.8 assists per game, shooting 37.7 percent from the field.[83] At the end of the season, he was named NBL Rookie of the Year over Kouat Noi by five votes (49–44).[84] Before playing in the NBL, Ball had been projected as a second circular option or perchance being undrafted, but by having success playing against professional opponents his typhoon stock rose significantly.[85]

Charlotte Hornets (2020–nowadays)

Ball was projected as the showtime overall option in the 2020 NBA typhoon. In the 2020 NBA typhoon, which was held on Nov eighteen, 2020, Ball was selected with the 3rd overall option by the Charlotte Hornets.[86] He and his brother Lonzo, who was chosen No. 2 overall in the 2017 draft, became the first ready of brothers to both be drafted in the pinnacle 3 of the NBA draft.[87] After an up-and-downwards preseason, he began the regular season coming off the demote.[88] Ball fabricated his debut on December 23, 2020, going scoreless forth with ane rebound, iii assists, and two steals in xvi minutes in a 121–114 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.[89]

On January eight, 2021, against the New Orleans Pelicans, Ball and Lonzo played in their beginning regulation game against each other at any level. Brawl helped rally the Hornets from an 18-point deficit to a 118–110 win. He narrowly missed a triple-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists.[90] On January 9, at the age of 19 years former and 140 days, he became the youngest player in NBA history with a triple-double, putting up 22 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists in a 113–105 win against the Atlanta Hawks, a tape that would later be broken by Josh Giddey.[91] [92] On Jan 30, Ball recorded a then career-high 27 points, along with 5 rebounds, nine assists, and iv steals in a 126–114 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.[93] For his performance in December and January, Ball was awarded with Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month later averaging 12.2 points, vi.one assists, five.ix rebounds and 1.iv steals over his showtime 21 games in the NBA.[94] On February 1, Ball made the outset first of his career in a 129–121 victory over the Miami Estrus. He finished the game with 14 points, five rebounds, and seven assists.[95] On February v, Ball recorded a then career-high 34 points, along with eight assists, four rebounds, two steals, and one cake in a 138–121 loss to the Utah Jazz. He also became the youngest player in franchise history to record a 30-point game.[96] He was named Rookie of the Month once again for February after averaging twenty.1 points, 6.ii rebounds and half dozen.7 assists in xiii games.[97] On March 21, Ball suffered a fractured bone in his right wrist in a loss against the Los Angeles Clippers and was listed as out indefinitely.[98] [99] On April xix, Ball was cleared to resume basketball activities.[100] [101] On May 1, Ball fabricated his return from injury, putting up 11 points, seven rebounds, and viii assists, in a 107–94 win against the Detroit Pistons.[102] Later on the season Brawl was named the 2020–21 NBA Rookie of the Year and was selected to the NBA All-Rookie First Squad.[103] [104]

In the Hornets' 2021–22 season opener, Ball matched his career-high 7 three-pointers, while putting up 31 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists in a 123–122 win over the Indiana Pacers.[105] On Nov 17, Ball put up 11 points and a career-high xiv assists in a 97–87 win over the Washington Wizards.[106] On December 1, Ball recorded a and so career-loftier 36 points, along with 9 assists, 5 rebounds, and iii steals in a 127–125 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.[107] On February 2, 2022, Brawl recorded a career-high 38 points, forth with nine assists and v rebounds, in a 113–107 loss to the Boston Celtics.[108] On February 7, Ball was named to his first NBA All-Star Game as an injury replacement for Kevin Durant.[109]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS Games started  MPG Minutes per game
 FG% Field goal percentage  3P% three-signal field goal per centum  FT% Free throw percentage
 RPG Rebounds per game  APG Assists per game  SPG Steals per game
 BPG Blocks per game  PPG Points per game Bold Career high

NBA

Yr Squad GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2020–21 Charlotte 51 31 28.viii .436 .352 .758 5.ix vi.1 i.6 .iv 15.seven
2021–22 Charlotte 75 75 32.three .429 .389 .872 half dozen.7 7.6 i.six .four 20.1
Career 126 106 30.ix .431 .378 .826 6.4 seven.0 i.half-dozen .iv 18.three
All-Star 1 0 22.0 .636 .500 3.0 3.0 3.0 .0 eighteen.0

NBL

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2019–20 Illawarra 12 12 31.ii .377 .250 .723 7.4 6.8 one.7 .ii 17.0

LKL

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017–18 Prienai 8 1 12.8 .268 .250 .737 i.1 2.4 .eight .i 6.5

Personal life

Brawl (right) with his father LaVar and blood brother LiAngelo subsequently playing in a London exhibition game for Prienai in April 2018

Ball is the youngest son of LaVar and Tina (née Slatinsky) Ball, who are both former college basketball players. LaVar, who stands 6-pes-vi (1.98 k), competed with Washington State and so Cal State Los Angeles. Tina, who stands 6-feet (1.83 grand), also played with the latter school.[4] Subsequently on, LaVar played professional football equally a tight end for the London Monarchs of the Globe League of American Football after being loaned from the New York Jets.[110] In 2017, LaVar became a popular but polarizing sports media personality, primarily for making outlandish remarks about the careers of himself and his sons.[111] Ball'due south cousin Andre plays college basketball for Pepperdine.[112]

Since his freshman season in loftier school, Ball has fatigued the attention of national sports outlets and established a large social media following.[113] By 2017, many analysts were calling him a glory.[113] [114] Ball has a part in the Facebook Watch reality show Ball in the Family, which was launched in Baronial 2017 and documents the lives of his family members.[115] [116] [117] On June 26, 2017, Brawl appeared on a segment of WWE Raw with members of his family, during which he told his father, "Beat that nigga ass!"[118] The WWE afterwards apologized for his "inappropriate linguistic communication."[119] Ball is the subject of a rap single titled "Melo Brawl 1" and released past his brother, Lonzo, on September 8, 2017.[120]

On August 31, 2017, Big Baller Make, a sports apparel company launched by Ball'due south family in 2016, released a signature shoe for him called the Melo Brawl ane (MB1).[121] [122] He became the youngest athlete to ever have a signature shoe.[123]

Ball signed with Puma in 2021.[124]

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External links

  • Career statistics and thespian information from NBA.com and Basketball game-Reference.com
  • NBL profile

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