After a forgettable debut, rookie guard LaMelo Ball is hoping for a better performance on Saturday when the Charlotte Hornets host the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Ball, the No. 3 overall pick in 2020 NBA Draft, went scoreless in Wednesday’s 121-114 loss to Cleveland. He missed all five of his shots from the floor and had three turnovers in 16 minutes.
“I told him just to forget this one,” veteran Gordon Hayward said of Ball’s debut. “Some days are diamonds, some days are stones.”
Ball was the first top-three pick to be held scoreless in his NBA debut since Otto Porter Jr. in 2013, and just the fourth in the last 15 seasons, joining Porter, Hasheem Thabeet and Greg Oden.
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