[Highlight] LaMelo Ball asked if he apologized to Bam
Lamelo on his car crash: “it’s just driving”
As someone who lives in Charlotte, he really is a menace on the roads. He’s been on the news multiple times for stupid shit.
You will also see him running red lights and peeling his wheels in his pink Lambo when he lives the arena
Hopefully, he grows up soon
His millions of dollars, zero repercussions and well below average IQ should be just the ticket to being a mature adult
Future congressman
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Take my like and get outta here
Wonder how he votes? Lol
Idk why but I always figured point guards were the brightest of the bunch. Just because mentally it requires more but man he is just not a smart guy. I understand why people are dumb but I don’t understand why they don’t make an effort to not be so dumb.
I do think this is amplified by the fact that he drives the most recognizable cars in the city at all times lol.
That makes it even dumber. Which is not easy.
We can trust Lamelo in one thing. He will make everything dumber. Imagine the dumbest shit, and put Lamelo Ball next to it and… Voilà… It’s dumber ! (crazy talent tho)
Hahaa I totally agree
They are flashy and bright as hell
I think that’s the whole point. Get attention.
I hate that this shit is treated like a big joke by so many people, media included. Are they gonna keep joking about it if he pulls a Bobby Phills and/or seriously hurts someone else?
I’m with you 100% about that not being taken seriously enough. And I didn’t even think of the Bobby Phills angle, but yeah that makes it even more disappointing considering they have that man’s jersey hanging in the fucking rafters.
Or even a Henry ruggs situation
He is almost 25, he should be a grown man by now
Money and fame at a young age is pretty good at stunting maturity.
100%
Dude might have the mentality of a 19yo for the next several years at least.
Probably gonna get someone seriously hurt or worse from the way he drives leaving the Arena.
19 might be optimistic. I would say 14. Incredible basketball player. Really not very bright in other ways.
Whoopsies
His dad never grew up
Given what we know about his father, he ain’t growin’ up anytime soon.
One time I saw Ben Simmons speeding and weaving through traffic in his lambo. I thought what a little shit. What you describe sounds a lot worse. While Ben was being an immature young 20s millionaire he wasn’t being super dangerous in comparison. At least what I saw briefly. He was also younger.
Spoiler alert: he does not grow up soon
Trying to give LaMelo the benefit of the doubt but seeing the previous Bam tripping incident clip from a year ago and then this morning from Hoop Collective that LaMelo did it 3 months ago to Jabari Smith Jr on the Rockets makes it difficult to say it’s not a pattern
EDIT: Clip because stans DMing that I’m lying
I really don’t understand how people still defend him and say its not on purpose when he has a history of tripping guys right after he loses the ball
To be fair, it’s the most defense I’ve seen him play.
hes just a pathological douchebag
He also stormed out of a press conference when he was called out for not apologising or checking to see how his car crash victim was as well.
Appalling pattern of behaviour.
Stuff like that
Like I said
We’re gonna need a update everyday to find out if he apologized
I’m sure you’ll get it, Reddit and the Talking Heads won’t let the story die.
You may ask yourself “Did Lamelo apologize to Bam?”
Lamelo tripping Bam? Same as it ever was!
Letting the games go by, whipping my car all through the town
Psycho tripper, “sorry” say!
The talking heads have already moved on. Reddit will move on once once the Hornets are out
Ain’t nothing else happening in the NBA, we bored 😅😂
Bored man gets paid
clown on my evil team owner instead
So he waited outside his locker room, heard he was in the shower, and decided to give him space. Said he would apologize the next time he saw him in person. Lets see how this gets construed.
Should’ve joined Bam in the shower imo /s
Exactly. Idc if the guys in the shower or already at home making love to his wife, it’s your duty as a man to apologize (in person) before these types of situations get out of hand.
Ok, that was weird
He’s just a lil nasty
We men
I’m ok with that label.
Man to man
Helping Bam get that part of his back that you can’t ever reach on your own would have gone a long way
Honesty this is the only part of LaMelo’s actions I have a problem with. You gotta join a man in the shower in that situation.
/s
Coward
Good thing you put /s, we might’ve thought you were gay homie
That’s what Ron did to Kobe in the 2008 Finals so idk why LaMelo didn’t.
The most sincere kind of apology
/straight
Heated Rivalry season 2.
It’s crazy how this is being played out. He clearly said he waited, not just a drop by, he waited and was likely talking to his security for a little while. Bam didn’t want to talk so he left.
The weird part, and this doesn’t excuse his on court actions. Is that Bam made it seem like LaMelo never attempted at all.
I don’t think Bam meant that in the presser clip, but it is unfortunately what the media and fans took from his statement out of context. He said that “it didn’t happen” because they were “already in the showers” and “everything happened so fast” so he didn’t get a chance, etc, but people only heard that first part and ran with it.
I listened to Bam’s press interview and he did not imply that at all. He seemed understandably upset, but he didn’t say anything contradictory to what Lamelo said.
Also he received the message that Bam would get at him later.
Meaning “give him space”
terminally online people out looking for blood lmao
cheering for the hornets to win today man, they’re way more fun to watch than the Magic
LaMelo making a boneheaded play and trying to apologize but not being able to (which is backed up by what Bam said), is an anthill compared to the mountain of dirty plays that comes out of Orlando.
The Reddit special bby
LaMelo is homophobic, Dwight would have grabbed a bar of soap and apologized.
Deeply
Like Randy apologizing to Jesse Jackson in South Park?
“Apologize”
I don’t really like LaMelo as a basketball player and I’m probably a bit negatively biased against him in general, but I perceive his apology and this follow up as pretty genuine. I mean the dude went and talked to Bam’s security team, which is an extension of his entourage. He made the effort but also, like, doesn’t need to make a show of an apology for everyone else if Bam’s guys said it was all good for now. These are competitive adults playing an aggressive game, sometimes you take it too far by accident and I think they both acknowledge and understand that.
Sadly, there is no way to talk to a person across great distances. Otherwise, we could be talking right now!
Edit: if yall aren’t calling the people you’ve hurt but waiting to see them, that’s why you don’t have friends. I really hope you aren’t married.
Some things are just better off speaking about in person so feelings aren’t misconstrued.
Basic fundamentals of human interaction being explained, we lost the plot man lol
This reddit what do you expect.
I know we crack jokes but sheesh man
take notes guys, this is how you misconstrue
Consider my construe mis’d
He wants to apologize in person. It’s more sincere. lol why is that so hard for you guys to understand ?
This the type of guy to crash your car and text you “my bad g” and nothing else
Oh wow so you’re gonna ignore him clearly wanting to talk to Bam in-person, great miscontrue
Some would rather apologize in person but that’s clearly hard for you to comprehend.
To be fair, it does feel like something that should be done in person.
That’s just some clown ass behavior! Despicable! Insubordinate, and churlish!
You know the Reddit basement dwellers love fake outrage lol
Hmm if only some sort of device existed where you could get in contact another person at anytime. Especially if each person had a specific address or number assigned to the device. Lately could apologize on to Bam in the moment and then follow up we he sees him in person. Alas we do not exist in such times…
/r/NBA will not be satisfied until they see the text messages! Justice must be served! #releasethefiles
“After attempting to murder Bam Adebayo on live television, LaMelo Ball goes to the Heat locker room to finish the job”.
He tried to touch Bam inappropriately is what it sounds like
It’s wild that you are taking Lamelo at his word.
Hopefully someone can invent some sort of device that can make contacting people when you aren’t face to face.
intentionally trying to trip someone is in fact not basketball
I don’t see how anybody who has seen the other angle of it can claim it wasn’t intentional. Even if LaMelo’s arm fell to his side while falling, he’s laying on the floor looking right at Bam, cups his hand behind Bam’s ankle, and pulls it inwards towards him. Disgusting and dirty as shit.
https://youtube.com/shorts/05rLO1Kkm2g
That shit is worse than fighting and should have resulted in a multiple game suspension.
It’d be one thing if Bam got back up and kept playing. Then I could at least understand the idea of a light punishment even though it’s still dirty as hell. But the fact that Bam got hurt from it and couldn’t come back to the game and basically nothing happened irks my soul. Dude tripped a player in mid air. Player gets hurt. And we just let it go? Since fucking when?
Mid air? Come on now. Dudes get tripped all the time, bam just got hurt this time. Dirk said this happens so much we just don’t talk about it because it rarely leads to serious injury.
It’s not worse than fighting, that’s an overreaction. George Hill got the shit crossed outta him by Steph in like 2016 and he intentionally grabbed Steph’s legs and tripped him so he couldn’t finish the play. Steph didn’t get hurt so we’re not talking about it. Dirk said it best, dudes grab like this often, we’re only talking about it because someone actually got hurt seriously this time. If bam just hops up no one is saying anything. Melo isn’t claiming he didn’t mean to trip him, he didn’t mean to seriously hurt the man.
Goga gone show you an intentional trip tonight
Goga like fully Judo threw Landale. That ish was crazy.
Idk if it was intentional that. He doesn’t have that kind of reputation. Is what I would say if he didn’t already trip and injure bam a few years back.
It’s reckless at the very minimum. And Melo dismissing it as “that’s just basketball” is part of the problem, which means he’ll keep on “trying to foul” someone the same way if the opportunity presents itself.
The problem with recklessness is that you don’t need intention for it to be wrong. You have to intentionally do things that minimize or eliminate recklessness and endangering others/competitors.
He didn’t “trip and injure bam a few years back”, he only tripped him which he said in this very clip was a foul. Reddit acting like this doesn’t happen every game, in fact I’m pretty sure I’ve even seen bam trip players too.
I see you know your judo well
Refs really fucked up not reviewing that shit
Then the league had to cover their asses and not suspend him because otherwise it would look like the ref’s failure to review the play (and eject LaMelo) impacted who won the game (which it did).
lol, like what’s the maximum number of points you think Bam could score in a game? 13? Maybe 15 on a really good night? /s
I think it‘s quite funny the nba was able and allowed to take away a 3pointer from miami TWO separate times in do or die games minutes after, with angles that didn‘t even fully show the player stepping on the line, but they couldn‘t review this play where a player got taken out…. Like how does that even make sense??
One was btw the game 7 ecf 22 where the heat had the ball with 20 seconds left down 2 points and their best shot at winning a chip since lebron left miami
And the reasoning for checking that 3 was to see if it was actually a 3 and not only 2 points ….. love the nba and how much sense it all makes but hey at least we got a 2round pick after getting scammed by the nba and the hornets for our first rounder
Yeah the league is fucking whack bro and has been screwing us over the last few years
I mean 3pt reviews are very common. But ya fuck LaMelo dirty ass play
Refs should make players apologize to those they foul via PA microphone.
When players get in fights don’t eject them, make them sit on the bench and hold hands with each other for the rest of the game
Draymond about to get real comfy
I didn’t know grabbing someone’s ankles while they are mid-air is considered “it’s just basketball”
Why are you interpreting that to mean he was calling it a basketball play as opposed to him saying he wouldn’t intentionally try to injure someone because it’s just badketball
Because LaMelo is r/nba’s villain of the week
And why is that so?
Hmmm, no clue. Its like he’s a dirty player or something
Miami and Detroit fans having this conversation is actually so laughable
Lamelo literally swept bams leg. Name a piston who does anything like that
It’s true. I hate him after not thinking about him pretty much all season.
I hated him after the car crash, hate reckless drivers.
You’re watching a play that happened in less than a second in slow motion bro. You really think he thought damn this is my chance to hurt this guy in that amount of time?
Lamelo is simultaneously incapable of thinking and also able to expertly coordinate and time a machiavellian plan to injure other players
do you want him to just like kill himself now? Leave the NBA? What do you want him to do?
Finals game one halftime entertainment will be LaMelo Ball commiting seppuku at center court.
This is the most normal answer LaMelo has given to anything. Like, it’s pretty coherent and can only be intentionally misconstrued. He communicated with Bams team and waited to try to apologize, but after enough time decided to give him space since a loss can be tough. When asked if it was a dirty play he deflects and says it’s just basketball you don’t want to hurt people. Says he will talk with Bam, and they’ve never had an issue nor does he have issue with anyone. It was a dumb play, but never has anyone accused LaMelo of being malicious simply just kind of dumb.
lol he really said “it’s just basketball” after being told people called it a dirty play
It’s telling that most (ex) players aren’t blasting Lamelo but talking heads and SM addicts can’t get off his nuts. Gotta get the outrage in for engagement
We all know how Hornets fans would be reacting if someone injured LaMelo like this
LaMelo got elbowed in the head by Embiid last week and nobody cared
During a scuffle for the ball
Embiid got a tech
LaMelo didn’t get injured
and Hornets fans STILL got pissed. now imagine this happening in a play-in game, the refs don’t call anything and LaMelo gets injured.
I think they would if it had resulted in LaMelo being unable to play the rest of the game
That’s why people are so pissed at him tripping Bam. If Bam was able to keep playing, folks would’ve been less hot at him
Doesn’t fit their narrative, instant ignore
He answer is “it’s just basketball” stating he thinks it wasn’t a dirty play.
Do I think that personally, no. But this is the type of quote you’d see in a headline completely misinterpreting the context lol
Because in his mind it wasn’t dirty because he (allegedly) didn’t try to intentionally hurt him. Which I also consider somewhat believable. You might also get a different answer if you ask him if it was stupid, reckless or dangerous…
I’m aware that a player would also not admit to trying to hurt someone intentionally, but the way the whole scene played out it felt like more of a dumb reflex than “I’m gonna get this fucker”.
Bam already had his championship game against the Wizards.
That game demoralized us enough to get last place, I’ll always thank him for that
Which will translate into winning the lottery… right?
r/nba is fetishizing hating this doofus. Ya’ll real weird.
I mean he is a doofus. It’s probably the peeps betting on Miami that are really hurting lol
I truly never considered this point lmao. I doubt it’s many, people never liked LaMelo anyways, but I’m sure a few people here are pissed about losing out on some money
Bam despite being clearly upset didn’t have anything bad to say about LaMelo. The refs need to do a better job/nba needs to make their reviewing rules make sense when players are injured. There’s no point in honing in on what Ball does or not. I’m waiting for what the nba will do going forward.
I’m waiting for what the nba will do going forward.
Same shit they did when one of your players good injuries by Cavs court. Jack shit.
Until this happens to a Lakers players things will stay as they are
Im just here to see Hornets fans defending/justifying his behavior. It’s fascinating
Ja 2.0. Look kids, a falling star. Make a wish.
It’s fascinating seeing Hornets, Lakers and Wizards coming together to his rescue.
Normal response, wouldnt want to hear an apology right away either after losing.
Thats why Shai decked out in championship gear going to see hali was weird to me lol
This situation has been talked to death. Melo has already received his punishment.
I don’t think it was malicious and either way, we playing Orlando tonight
I’m tired boss. I just wanna see Charlotte beat the pistons already
A punishment that evaporated into thin air lol
Never seen LaMelo so serious. Props to him for understanding the situation
Tell that to the Miami fans who take it personal to get dicked over by the NBA and Charlotte AGAIN. I sincerely hope for the worst for him and Charlotte fans on their playoff run. This dude got away with a dirty ass foul, and should have been ejected. Miami would have won that game if Bam was in.
People saying that we being too harsh on Lamelo, forget how we crucified Grayson Allen for doing this garbage sh*t
cant believe this from lamelo. he should joined bam in the shower right then and there and washed him. its the least he could do.
All he’s gotta say is ‘this is between me and Bam.’ It doesn’t concern anyone else at this point.
Jesus
What’s the over/under for season ending injuries inflicted by Orlando tonight, gonna say 1.5
Honestly if NBA players could fight like they can in hockey, most of the bullshit would stop: flopping, cheap and dirty fouls, stepping in late for charges, nobody being able to land after shots.
‘It’s all basketball’
Uhhhhhhhhhhh
Watched the video and 80% comments here don’t add up lol yall good ?
He publicly apologized & went to Bam locker to apologize in person. Now I’m not going to be chasing no grown man to apologize & I fully understand Bam not wanting to hear it but shit what more can LaMelo actually do at this point
Next LaMelo updates:
“I flew all the way to Miami where they practice but they wouldn’t let me in. What can I do right? So I just decided to hang out at Hard Rock for like four hours and then flew back to Charlotte. But I’m still gonna apologize. You’ll see.”
“I was trying to get into his house but got chased off by his security. It’s a tough game. But I still have him on my mind for sure.”
“I was hiding in Bam’s shower and then I jumped out to surprise him shouting ‘Sorry’ but I slipped and I think I hit my head. And I was grabbing things you know and I think he had a bad fall or something and had to be helped off. It’s a rough game sometimes…”.
Q: “Do you think he got a concussion?”
“A Concu-wha? Anyway, I’m gonna talk to him when I can, sure.”
He sounded sincere.
Damn he called Bam a loser too lol
Where’s that security guard for confirmation? Lol
if bam comes the UD of the team long after he becomes washed, this would be the origin story
This kid has had the furthest thing from a normal life. Anyone could possibly imagine. Part of a reality tv show at like 13. Overseas Pro at 15, growing up in a basketball family with two older brothers who both played professional for a time. Psycho ass dad. A complete life of nothing but high-level basketball from age like four. And y’all are surprised when this kid who had the furthest thing from a normal upbringing, acts like a child??
Having a unique childhood doesn’t excuse his behaviour. He’s 24, he’s old enough to understand you shouldn’t be tripping people, and he certainly should be old enough to know not to be speeding and blowing stop signs. People have been giving him excuses his whole life which is exactly why he acts like a fucking child.
He is opening himself for an early exit in the playoffs.
Comments are still calling for this dudes head 💀 come on now
You gave him space? How bout another max deal for your noble leadership? Can’t defend the act on the court or lack of follow-thru off the court. Face to face, none of this online, social media, I never intended….stop. Break the chain.
Goofball 🤡
You can see the signs that lamelo is going to be ugly AF in a few years lmao
it’s all baxetball
Smh doesn’t seem genuine idc
The media dragging
So grabbing a guy’s ankle is a basketball play?
Fuck you
He sounds like me when I’m lying ☠️
Lamelo is now my least favorite player in the league, what an absolute jackass who doesn’t hold himself accountable for anything. Danger on the road and the court, karma is coming for that cunt
Tried to stay in his fan club for a while and stay supportive throughout his career but definitely stepping away from that. The plays that are mad in the hardest moments actually tell who you are as a person. That was intentional and 1000% unacceptable.
The fact that there’s history of this makes it even worse. This wasn’t basketball. No more respect for Lamelo. At all.
Should be a high fine and minimum 10-game suspension. Dort is next.
Was such a scum move from Ball
You mean to tell me there’s NOBODY that he knows that has Bam’s number? When is he gonna see him in person again 😂😂😂😂😂.
And the whole “waiting by his locker” story sounds made up
He’s waiting 83 days to show respect.
lying neanderthal
This guy is so unlikable now. Crazy how fast he exposed himself as being lame and shitty.
“Like I said”, “and everything”, “you know?”
more stupid than ugly I guess
Clowns are shameless 🤡
They are WITHOUT SHAME!!!
Dude is a 🤡
Can’t believe bam couldn’t return to the game. Week af
I’m not buying any of it. That play looked dirty as hell.
“You know what I’m saying”…repeating shows poor sign of communication
what i learned from tv is that saunas, bath tubs is where you hash it out. shouldve joined him in the showers.
He doesn’t care. He’ll do it again if given the chance
Whatever dude, you’re only sorry you got caught in 4k