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LaMelo Ball

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Born
2001 (23 years old)

Birth Place

Chino Hills, California

Position
Point Guard

Status
Active

Ethnicity
White

Team Number
1

Height
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)

Weight
180 lb (82 kg)

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Team
Charlotte Hornets

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LaMelo LaFrance Ball (born August 22, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Listed at 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) and 190 pounds (86 kg), he plays the point guard position.

Ball 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, a NBA guard for the New Orleans Pelicans, and LiAngelo. Before his junior season, a coaching dispute prompted him to leave Chino Hills and sign with Lithuanian professional team Prienai. 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. A former UCLA commit, he was a five-star recruit 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, winning NBL Rookie of the Year.

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