The Charlotte Hornets team in the NBA has some of the best youngsters on their team, and LaMelo Ball is one of them. The young player was a part of the NBA All-Star game in 2022, and in the previous season, he won the NBA Rookie of the Year award. He is one of the upcoming stars in the league and will break several records in NBA history. So let’s not wait any longer and know more about the potential star in the making, LaMelo Ball.
Age, Height, and Weight
The American basketball player Ball was born on August 22, 2001, in California, United States, and currently, he is 22 years old. He was 19 years old when he got selected by the Charlotte Hornets in the 2020 NBA draft and made his NBA debut in the season. Regarding his height, he is 6 feet 7 inches tall and weighs around 180 lbs.
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Jersey number and position
LaMelo Ball, the Charlotte Hornets’ number one, plays point guard. Since his debut in the NBA, he has played at the point guard position, and even before, during his college years, he played in the same position.
Stats
The point guard player has represented one team in his NBA career of four seasons so far (including the 2024–24 season). Here are his stats:
Regular Season
Year | Team | Games Played | Points Per Game | Assists Per Game | Rebounds Per Game | Steals Per Game | Blocks Per game |
2020-21 | Charlotte | 51 | 15.7 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 0.4 |
2021-22 | Charlotte | 75 | 20.1 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 0.4 |
2022-23 | Charlotte | 36 | 23.3 | 8.4 | 6.4 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
Playoffs Season
Year | Team | Games Played | Points Per Game | Assists Per Game | Rebounds Per Game | Steals Per Game | Blocks Per game |
2021 | Charlotte | 1 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | Charlotte | 1 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
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Contract
LaMelo Ball has signed a four-year contract valued at $35.5 million with the Charlotte Hornets. The contract includes a 100% signing bonus, and his current season salary is somewhere around $10 million. This is one of the biggest rookie contracts signed by a rookie player and will end in the 2024–24 season.
Well, not just the rookie contract, he has also signed one of the biggest contracts by a Charlotte Hornets player. This is a five-year contract valued at $205.9 million, which includes a 100% guaranteed signing amount. As per his new contract, he will have an average salary of $41.1 million every season until the 2028–29 season.
Net Worth
The Charlotte Hornets player, LaMelo Ball’s net worth is estimated to be around $25 million. He is just 22 years old and has a net worth that is close to someone’s lifetime earnings. The reason he has such an illustrative net worth is because of his NBA career. He has signed one of the biggest contracts in NBA history, valued at over $200 million.
Apart from the NBA, he is also associated with multi-national brands around the world, which include names like Puma and many more. All of this helps him boost his net worth as well as his annual income.
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