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Walking highlight 🎞️
LaMelo Ball is one of the NBA's most electrifying young talents thanks to his unpredictable style of play that radiates creativity. Watching Ball operate in transition is as exciting as it gets.
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Up another level 📈
The 2020-21 Rookie of the Year is averaging more points, assists, and rebounds in his second season, earning him his first All-Star selection earlier this year.
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Long-range marksman
Thanks to his quick shooting motion and ability to fire from deep both off the dribble and as a spot-up threat, Ball recently became the youngest player in NBA history to sink 200 3-pointers in a single season.
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He's on the board, he can move the ball, he can share it, he can score in multiple ways. He's got his imprint all over these games.
-Hornets coach James Borrego on Ball's all-around impact
(SI.com)
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Headache to contain
Ball creatively uses his shiftiness with the basketball to get by opponents when they try and limit his space to operate. Get too close, and he'll blow right past you.
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LaMelo has arrived
Ball's stats in his sophomore season
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