![]() ![]() However, Ball is expected to be ready for training camp and logged 75 appearances in 2021-22. The problem was that the Hornet played only 36 games due to recurring ankle injuries. Last season, he averaged 23.3 points, 8.4 assists, 6.4 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 35.2 minutes. He averaged 17 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 6.8 assists in 12 NBL games.Ĭongratulations, #IllawarraProud is one of fantasy's brightest young point guards due to his all-around production. LaMelo Ball played one season in the NBL. After playing 12 games and after spending a month rehabbing the injury in Illawarra, Ball returned to the USA with four games left in the Hawks season to prepare for the 2020 NBA draft. Ball tallied 25 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists for the Illawarra Hawks, becoming the first player in the 40 minute era to post back to back triple doubles, and the first player to have consecutive triple doubles since 2005 ( Darnell Mee, 48 minute game)īall suffered a foot injury in January 2020 and would not play for the Hawks again. In November 2019 Ball recorded a triple-double – 32 points, 11 rebounds, and 13 assists – including a clutch three-pointer in the dying seconds of regulation to send to lead the Illawarra Hawks to a thrilling 114-106 win over the Cairns Taipans in overtime.Īfter becoming the youngest player in NBL history to record a triple-double (a record since broken by Josh Giddey), LaMelo Ball notched a second straight triple-double the following weekend, in a 91-79 loss to the New Zealand Breakers. He is considered the best 18 year old to ever play in the NBL not named Andrew Gaze. ![]() In his single season in the NBL and 18 years of age, Ball claimed Rookie of the Year honours after averaging 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Originally the team had planned to develop Ball slowly alongside NBA veteran Aaron Brooks however when an achilles injury ended Brooks’ season Ball was been forced to carry the Hawks backcourt. Having already played professionally overseas once before with Lithuania’s Vytautas Prienai in a made-for-television event Ball signed a deal to play for the Illawarra Hawks under the NBL Next Stars program, announcing his signing with the Hawks live on ESPN June 17th 2019 and making his debut one month after his 18th birthday. He scored 19 points in his first game.Ī former UCLA commit, he was a five-star recruit but chose to forgo college basketball amid eligibility concerns. ![]() LaMelo Ball made his NBL debut with the Illawarra Hawks at 18 years of age. Older brother Lonzo plays for the NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans In 2018 he also played for Prienu Vytautas in Lithuania with his younger brother LiAngelo. 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 Institute in Ohio. BIO: Ball began high school at Chino Hills High School in California, where he won a state championship and achieved national success as a freshman with his older brothers Lonzo, now an NBA guard, and LiAngelo.īefore his junior season, a coaching dispute prompted him to leave Chino Hills and sign with Lithuanian professional team Prienai.
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