LaMelo Ball

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 Biography
 LaMelo LaFrance Ball was born on August 22, 2001in Anaheim to LaVar and Tina Ball who
were both former college basketball players. LaMelo was trained by his father LaVar as soon as he
could walk, at age four he started playing basketball with his older brothers Lonzo and LiAngelo.
When he was in seventh grade he started playing for the team his father launched and coached.
 High school
 In his freshman season LaMelo started playing for Chino Hills High School, he was still
playing with his brothers which he loved and top of that he was also in team with his cousin. In
his first game he scored 27 points. Ball brothers dominated the league and in result of that team
finished with 35-0 record and claimed the mythical national championship
 Senior season
 On november 5, 2018. After skipping his junior year and part of his senior year to play
professionaly he joined Spire academy which was in Ohio. And again he was the star of the
team and averaging 20 ppg
 NBA
 LaMelo was the first overall pick by the Charlotte Hornets in the 2020 NBA draft which was
held on Novembre 18, 2020. He officialy made his debut in december later that year, LaMelo
was doing great in the league and because of that he earned NBA award "Rookie of the year".
Best game he had was when he scored 27 points and 13 assists.

 The most recent update of him is that he change his number from 2 to the number 1 like in high
school.
 Even tho he is just 2 years in the NBA, his salary is 8.6 million per season, signing a 4 year
contract worth more than 35 million. He is also got his custom shoes in collaboration with
Puma which is really impressive because only the best and older players have their own shoes.
Lamelo even played in a All-Star game last season, which makes him the youngest player to do
it.