LaMelo Ball addressed the rumors on social media about fans wanting him to play in bigger markets or better teams. “I’m bothered if I don’t eat, if I ain’t got the meal, I’ll call my people, hopefully some food will come. Bother means like stuff throughout the day. Like the dog pisses on the floor or something like that, that bothers me. Little stuff like that. But telling you to go somewhere or do this, nah. It can’t.”
Source: Clutch Points
Source: Clutch Points
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Rod Boone @rodboone
Want the highlights of Jeff Peterson’s exit interview and the nuggets on LaMelo, Mark Williams trade, breaking the playoff drought, Charles Lee and more?
Here you go: charlotteobserver.com/sports/charlot… – 1:20 PM
Want the highlights of Jeff Peterson’s exit interview and the nuggets on LaMelo, Mark Williams trade, breaking the playoff drought, Charles Lee and more?
Here you go: charlotteobserver.com/sports/charlot… – 1:20 PM
Rod Boone @rodboone
Asked LaMelo if he’s bothered some people keep saying he needs to leave Charlotte to go to a bigger market. His response: pic.x.com/5EoOf5eoNT – 1:13 PM
Asked LaMelo if he’s bothered some people keep saying he needs to leave Charlotte to go to a bigger market. His response: pic.x.com/5EoOf5eoNT – 1:13 PM
Rod Boone @rodboone
LaMelo said he expects to have a full offseason working out and that’s why they did the surgery before season ended. pic.x.com/cYnr6uWswf – 1:11 PM
LaMelo said he expects to have a full offseason working out and that’s why they did the surgery before season ended. pic.x.com/cYnr6uWswf – 1:11 PM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the #9 best selling jersey in 2024-2025.
1. Luka
2. Curry
3. LeBron
4. Tatum
5. Brunson
6. Wemby
7. Ant
8. Ja
9. SGA
10. Jokic
11. Giannis
12. LaMelo
13. KD
14. Booker
15. Brown – 12:16 PM
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the #9 best selling jersey in 2024-2025.
1. Luka
2. Curry
3. LeBron
4. Tatum
5. Brunson
6. Wemby
7. Ant
8. Ja
9. SGA
10. Jokic
11. Giannis
12. LaMelo
13. KD
14. Booker
15. Brown – 12:16 PM
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
Lee said he asked Kemba Walker to join his staff because of his character and thinks he’s helped LaMelo Ball specifically by sharing what he sees on the floor with him. They have sessions together where they go over film and talk things out. – 11:41 AM
Lee said he asked Kemba Walker to join his staff because of his character and thinks he’s helped LaMelo Ball specifically by sharing what he sees on the floor with him. They have sessions together where they go over film and talk things out. – 11:41 AM
More on this storyline
LaMelo Ball: “Uh, like you said, I know what I can do. And just being here — I loved it. I mean, the fans are amazing. Just the living situation has been amazing. Everything’s been solid. So all that ‘you need to leave’ and this and that — I mean, when you build something, it’s never just going to pop up and be the best thing. You gotta stay there, work it out, do what you’re going to do, and see what happens — try to make it work, you know what I’m saying?” -via YouTube / April 15, 2025
Head coach Charles Lee left no doubt about his offseason expectations from Charlotte Hornets cornerstone point guard LaMelo Ball. “He’s got to get stronger,” Lee said Monday following the team’s exit interviews. Opposing teams regularly stepped up their defensive pressure on Ball this season, trying to get the 6-foot-7, 190-pounder off his game by being extra physical and using hand and body checks on the perimeter and bodying him up on the way to the basket. -via ESPN / April 14, 2025
“Teams are trying to deny him, trying to be physical, and you can see early in the year when teams did it, it definitely bothered him,” Lee said. “As he got used to it, he got a lot more comfortable, so it’s going to start with his body. He’s got to get stronger and more conditioned to be able to play both sides of the ball and sustain efforts. … When you’re one of the best players in the league, you have to be ready for physicality. In order to combat that, you have to be stronger.” -via ESPN / April 14, 2025