Chino Hills resident LaMelo Ball was named the 2020-21 NBA Rookie of the Year Wednesday afternoon. The Charlotte Hornets point guard averaged 15.7 points, 6.1 assists and 5.9 rebounds in 51 games this season. He is the third Hornets rookie to win the award, following Larry Johnson (1992-93 season) and Emeka Okafor (2004-05 season).
NBAE/Getty ImagesHe’s certainly living up to the hype that surrounded him as a young basketball phenom growing up in Chino Hills.
LaMelo Ball, the youngest of the famous basketball Ball brothers and the No. 3-overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets, was named the NBA’s Rookie of the Year Wednesday afternoon, becoming the third Hornets player in franchise history to win the top award for first-year players.