Votes for the NBA Rookie of the Year are in, and according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, this year the award is reportedly going to LaMelo Ball of the Charlotte Hornets.
Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball has been voted the NBA’s Rookie of the Year, sources tell ESPN. Announcement expected soon.
Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Tyrese Haliburton of the Sacramento Kings were also in the running, having been named finalists along with Ball back in May.
Ball, 19, was the third overall pick in the 2020 draft.