NBL to broadcast games featuring LaMelo, Hampton on Facebook

Those in this hemisphere wishing to see LaMelo Ball and RJ Hampton in action will be able to view select NBL games on Facebook Watch this season, the Australia-based league announced.

The partnership calls for 52 games featuring Ball's Illawarra Hawks and Hampton's New Zealand Breakers to be streamed via the NBL Facebook page.

The pair spurned college basketball by heading Down Under this year. Both are consensus 2020 NBA lottery picks, with some speculating that Ball could go No. 1 next June.

"This partnership will ensure huge exposure for the NBL in the biggest basketball market in the world," NBL commissioner Jeremy Loeliger said.

"It also reinforces our status as the best basketball league in the world outside of the NBA during what is an incredibly exciting time for the sport in Australia and New Zealand."