NEW YORK – Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball was named the NBA’s Rookie of the Year on Thursday, beating out competition from Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards and Sacramento Kings guard Tyrese Haliburton.
Ball, 19, was chosen by the Hornets with the third overall pick of the 2020 draft after spending the 2019-2020 season with the Illawara Hawks of Australia’s National Basketball League.
The teenager averaged 15.7 points, 6.1 assists, 5.9 rebounds and 1.59 steals in 51 games for Charlotte, leading all rookies in assists and steals.
Ball received 84 first-place votes from a global panel of 99 sportswriters and broadcasters who decided the award, for a total points tally…
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