LaMelo Ball

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Basketball player
LaMelo Ball
LaMelo Ball Vytautas.jpg
Player information
Full name LaMelo LaFrance Ball
birthday August 22, 2001 (19 years and 10 days)
place of birth Anaheim , California , United States
size 201 cm
position Point guard
Club information
society Illawarra Hawks
league NBL
Clubs as active
2018 Vytautas Prienai – Birštonas 2018 Los Angeles Ballers 2019–2020 Illawarra Hawks0000 LithuaniaLithuania
0000 United StatesUnited States
AustraliaAustralia

LaMelo LaFrance Ball (born August 22, 2001 in Anaheim , California ) is an American basketball player .

career

Ball played basketball at Chino Hills High School in California and became one of the greatest talents of his year in the United States . In his high school junior season, he won the MaxPreps National Basketball Player of the Year Award for Best Player of the Year and Daily Bulletin Newcomer of the Year . He did not play for a university, but first moved to the Lithuanian club BC Vytautas in 2018 together with his brother LiAngelo Ball . There he was used in eight league games between January and April 2018 and scored an average of 6.5 points per encounter. He then played with the Los Angeles Ballers in the US JBA league. In June 2019, the Illawarra Hawks announced from the Australian NBL Balls commitment. For the team from the state of New South Wales and he played twelve games and came to a point average of 17 per use. He returned to his home country in late January 2020 to heal a foot injury and prepare for the NBA draft . He is ranked as a top contender in several preview rankings. Ball was named NBL Rookie of the Year .

Television presence

LaMelo Ball is one of the protagonists of the reality TV series Ball in the Family , along with his father, the former American football player LaVar Ball , and his brothers Lonzo and LiAngelo Ball .

Web links

Commons : LaMelo Ball  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chino Hills' Lonzo Ball is 2016 Daily Bulletin boys basketball player of the year dailybulletin.com
  2. ↑ Lamelo Ball - LKL.LT. Retrieved March 14, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Erikas Polockas: Illawarra Hawks have officially signed LaMelo Ball. In: TalkBasket.net. June 18, 2019, accessed March 14, 2020 (American English).
  4. ↑ National Basketball League | NBL. Retrieved March 14, 2020 .
  5. ↑ LaMelo Ball Returns to US. In: National Basketball League | NBL. Retrieved March 14, 2020 .
  6. ↑ NBA Mock Draft. In: NBADraft.net. Retrieved March 14, 2020 (American English).
  7. ↑ Tommy Beer: Updated 2020 NBA Mock Draft: Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, Deni Avdija And James Wiseman Make Up The Top Four. Retrieved March 14, 2020 .
  8. ↑ LaMelo Ball takes Rookie of the Year - 2019-20 NBL Awards foxsports.com.au
  9. ↑ LaVar Ball Reality Show 'Ball in the Family' Renewed for 2nd Season Bleacher Report
personal data
SURNAME Ball, LaMelo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ball, LaMelo LaFrance (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 2001
PLACE OF BIRTH Anaheim , California