Some huge information emerged on Friday relating to LaMelo Ball.
Ball is being shut down for the remainder of the season as his Charlotte Hornets limp to the end line of the 2024-2025 season. Ball has been battling ankle and wrist accidents which have triggered him to overlook time this yr. He has missed 25 of the Hornets’ 72 video games on account of his accidents, and he’s deciding to endure surgical procedure to assist him heal for the long run. He’ll endure two totally different procedures in response to a report from ESPN’s Shams Charania.
Ball, who’s in his fifth NBA season, was averaging a career-high 25.2 factors per recreation this season. Along with his lofty factors common, he additionally was averaging 4.9 rebounds and seven.4 assists per recreation.
The Hornets enter play on Friday 18-54. That’s the third-worst mark within the NBA. At this level within the season, it is smart for them to attempt to combat for the perfect draft lottery place attainable.
Sadly, this newest damage is a mirrored image of Ball’s incapability to remain wholesome. His career-high for video games performed was 75 in 2021-2022. His 47 video games performed this season have been essentially the most he’s had over the past three years. He performed in simply 22 final season and 36 the season earlier than. He was knocked out for many of the season two years in the past additionally on account of an ankle damage.
The Hornets on Thursday had marked Ball unavailable for Friday’s recreation on account of an ankle impingement, suggesting a shutdown for the remainder of the season was imminent. That’s precisely what occurred.
