NBA draft prospect LaMelo Ball won’t be on the court anytime soon.
According to a release from the Illawarra Hawks, the youngest Ball brother has a bruised foot, and will “likely” not play again until January at the earliest. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
LaMelo Ball Update
Ball suffered a bruised foot in practice and was prescribed to rest by a specialist, which will likely keep him out of action until January.
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Now, I’m sure fans are nervous when the projected top pick in the draft gets hurt. It’s obviously never a good thing at all.
However, this doesn’t sound that serious. It’s just a bruised foot. Unless there are some serious complications, LaMelo should be fine in a few weeks.
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I’d be really surprised if this impacted his NBA draft stock at all. Right now, he’s pretty much a lock to be a top-three pick.
Unless he misses extended time, which seems unlikely, I don’t see that changing. Even if he did miss a bunch of time, I’d be willing to bet he’d still go very high.
Point guards with his size, vision, passing skills and scoring ability don’t come around very often.
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Hopefully, Ball is back sooner than later. He’s been tearing it up in the NBL, and he should be great in the NBA.
This is just a minor setback in what will likely be an awesome career.