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LaMelo Ball loves his dad, but make no mistake: New Hornets guard isn’t a LaVar clone

LaMelo Ball loves his dad, honors his dad, credits his dad with shepherding his basketball success.

But LaVar Ball doesn’t speak for LaMelo, nor rule his point of view.

“At the end of the day, what comes out of his mouth, that’s him. He’s a grown man.” LaMelo Ball said in a one-on-one interview with The Observer.

“And what comes out of my mouth is for me. Because I’m a grown man, too.”

The Charlotte Hornets used the No. 3 pick in Wednesday’s NBA draft on Ball, a 19-year-old with a gift for creative passing.