[Highlight] LaMelo Ball steals the ball, passes on the fastbreak layup, heads to the corner and hits the corner 3 (with a replay).
5th triple of the night for LaMelo.
This is maybe the cheekiest thing I’ve ever seen Melo do, and that’s saying a LOT
His shot is infuriating for some reason. Like, at least pretend it takes some effort
I used to do this on NBA Hangtime.
I miss my big headed alien create-a-player!
2k play basically
The way he looked off the defender on the break was pure disrespect, I love it.
Right? He had the whole arena thinking he was taking it to the rack, then just casually strolls out to the corner.
And honestly? That’s not stupidity—that’s courage. ✨ Now generate me a picture of LeBron dunking at the age of 87.
so ballsy lol
What a career of no calls does to a mf
This is how he played since he was like 12… this has nothing to do with his whistle haha
chino hills half court shots lol
He’s been avoiding contact since he was 14 years old playing on a national champ contender tbf.
He contorts himself to try to make the layup rather than taking contact
I have never seen this before, or even thought about it (and I have thought of weird ass shit), but I am not surprised at all it would be him. I cannot think of one other player who’d do this. Not one.
Terry Rozier
Steph probably
Steph has absolutely taken tons of open 3’s on fast breaks instead of the easy layup, but never seen him going for the drive then swing back out for a 3. Almost seems silly, and absolutely on brand for Melo
Old heads must be sick right now.
As an old head and certified LaMelo doubter he fucking boomed me
He’s so good x4
I’m not even an old head and I’m mad because young 🥷🏾 in the gym gonna start doing shit like this for sure
Melo really be playing like he got an AirPod in
Lolll. That’s a really accurate description 😂😂
i was just thinking about how sick mj must be.
I would consider myself an Old head, and definitely don’t love the three ball jacking and all that - I think I have a pretty measured take on lamelo. There’s been so little interesting basketball in Charlotte for so long that I’m happy honestly that he’s on the team because he is a fairly different and exciting kind of player. That being said, you do have to wonder if Charlotte added another player and got to a point where they could seriously contend - is lamelo mature enough?
His job is to play fast and free, let everyone else worry about being mature. Embrace his wild shit, it’s unpredictable and it’s working really well now that they’re all healthy.
Yes, for now I completely agree. They need to play basketball that brings life to the city
Timo cruz walked so Lamelo could run
What’s your deepest fear young man?
A 2.3 GPA
Edit: Watching coach carter without the knowledge of GPA, I thought he had some high academic standards. Turns out the guys were tripping out over a C+ requirement lol.
I looked this quote up, and I still don’t understand this part of the movie. It’s a random poem, but is it actually that popular? I thought it was sort of random the timo quoted the whole thing suddenly.
Dope af movie still.
It’s a challenge that was put on by Coach Carter, and assuming he knew the material in the curriculum, he was expecting Timo to catch on to what coach was actually asking.
It’s also super relevant as a point to help them learn they can do anything they put their mind to.
I haven’t seen it in awhile but I’m assuming the kids weren’t dumb, they were just lazy and spoiled.
I guess I never thought it would be part of the curriculum because I had never heard of the poem so I thought it was kind of odd.
You genuinely can’t pass up an easy bucket like that unless you 100% know you’re gonna score that 3. You’d look like the biggest idiot if you missed and the coach would probably wanna kill you.
That’s not ez bucket though 😭. 2 people were on his ass and we’re waiting for the lay
Ok maybe not easy but idk how many players would decide to change course in that position, still took some balls
Only needed one.
“And that’s why no one will remember your name” -Achilles from Troy
“yea, well at least I won’t be named after the weakest part of the body for all eternity”
Or maybe he thought he would get blocked? Relax bro.
Not necessarily blocked, but his whistle fucking sucks. He probably tries to take the lay up and ends up lying on the floor with a slapped wrist and no 2 points
Mb bro sorry for the overreaction bro
Why do you feel the need to use “bro” twice in one sentence
Calm down bro. It’s fine bro.
Just felt like it was a bro type of conversation brother
Nope he’s just an idiot
It was a poor decision that worked out. It’s probably fine in the middle of a regular season game, but it’s the kind of stuff that will backfire against a good team in the playoffs.
That was not an open layup man…he was being trailed by a big and another defender. He just pulled the ball back out like you often see players do, and he happened to have an open three.
Which is why lamelo will never be part of a good team in the playoffs. Good sure flashy sure but will never be a winner
You saw your team win once in your lifetime now you’re an expert on winning lol
His beard always reminds me of Team America with that puppet with the dodgy beard lol.
The beard is ass
Haha now I can’t unsee it, that puppet’s beard was way too patchy to take seriously.
If Charlotte had a terrible record like usual, 90% of people would call him a losing player and empty stats player
If he had missed the shot and Charlotte had a terrible record like usual, 99% would call him a losing player and empty stats player
People are way too concerned with immediate outcomes/results and don’t analyze correctly
My Ted talk is over
You think you sound smarter than you actually are
their third statement is absolutely correct tho
if people were too concerned with immediate outcomes/results (Lamelo getting 3 points on this play instead of 2) he would not be getting clowned for this objectively dumb play that would get him reamed out by almost every coach in the league
The irony of this statement.
I definitely do not and thats why my name is a literal parody and im just a beginner basketball scout
I don’t claim to be a expert
I speak my mind and since its reddit I don’t think its that harmful to say things with confidence like im sure even though i could be wrong
Cause end of the day im just some dude on reddit
“I’m just a beginner basketball scout” so….a person who watches basketball who wants to ascribe a title to it?
i agree, a guy can be exactly the same and if the team he’s on wins he’s a good player, if they lose it’s empty stats, meanwhile a huge amount of it is just normal variance/luck
Are those people in the room with us right now?
nah but they’ve been loitering every Melo Ball post on this sub for the 4 years the Hornets were dealing with injuries
Send em that clip Lamelo just made lmao. Somebody gotta gif that.
Uhhh, yeah. If he was losing we would call him a losing player
Well then you’d be wrong if that’s the only way you’re analyzing what a losing player is
A losing player is not a player who is on a bad team, that’s ridiculous.
There’s 14 other guys on the active roster in the nba
Some 2k ass shit
Coach woulda ran on court and speared him if he did this in the 80s
Looks like an easy layup for people who have never hooped, if he goes for hte layup his shit would have gotten blocked/fouled.
Hollard was already timing his jump, it was the right decition to pull out.
And he knows he’s not getting the call there
Yeah I agree completely
That’s what I was saying. Had to scroll too far for this.
This the type of layup miss or make gets you hurt lol .
Only option he had was dunking but he not that athletic
I hope he ties with Kon
Kon shooting isn’t the best tonight, so Lamelo is about to pass him. Unless he locks in during the 2nd half and next game.
Kon is definitely playing through his injury. Hasn’t looked like himself in a minute
he’s gonna pass him
Has his ankle injury slowed him down? I remember him looking a lot faster on the break in his earlier years.
He’s not near as twitchy as he used to be when he got here
if you don’t like that, you don’t like LaMelo Ball!
i giggled seeing this live
Coaches must dread letting their kids watch lamelo play.
Why is the court looking like the NBA Cup?
Bro that is some video game stuff right there
Splashed that like a mop bucket
I think I remember seeing him do this in high school. It was the game where he broke some kind of record and everyone was mad
Lamelo plays like a 2k rec random
Lost by 18 instead of 19
Anyone else seeing young LaMelo fuck up his dribble and abort the layup instead of just deciding against it for a corner 3 pointer?
Is this the right play? Contested layup vs open 3, I’m gonna say it’s even if the 3 isn’t better out right.i
It is not.
This guy lol
Coach Carter not gonna like that
Bro is unhinged. Never change Melo.
that’s for sure a carry but hilarious lol
LaMelo Ball with that Tank Davis look. And same intelligence but fuck they are good at their craft
This guy knows how to make the opposing coach call a timeout real quick. Always finding new ways to troll the opp.
This is how people play on Random Rec.
Wow that’s dirty 🤣
Timo Cruz type shit
Wtf are those cha unis?
Imagining how every coach I’ve ever had would react to this play, whether I made the shot or not.
Hint: not well
Lamelo really is a 2K MyPlayer come to life
I don’t think the burns are his best work
Whoever came up with, approved, painted, loaded, transported, built, and polished that court needs to be fired
Dude is just pure chaos. He’s the personification of “intrusive thoughts,” on and off the court.
Coach Carter would bench him the moment he let that shot go out of his hand lmao
shot that shit like a FT what the fuck
lol lamelo truly is a one off right now in the NBA. Love him or hate him his personality and play style are truly unique while simultaneously being hilarious. Obviously, if everyone was doing this type of shit it would be a weird brand of basketball and likely not as good of a product but having a few players do wonky shit like this really spices the league up.
Nice, but that wasn’t a steal. That was a pass to the opponent. Horrible.
And his team scored 10 points in the 4th quarter and lost by 18.
Unless LaMelo has a Kyrie level layup package that ball is getting pinned
Hot take - I think this was a much smarter play than it looks like at first glance.
Lamelo’s got an astronomically higher BB IQ than his normal IQ
Highlight of the year
This would get you benched so fast in the 90s, no matter if it went in or not
This is legitimately one of the worse defensive lapses I’ve ever seen in my life.
And guess what? They lost this game. This is unserious and unsustainable basketball.
That court is incredible
Incredibly ugly.