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LaMelephant: The LaMelo Ball Thread (#2)

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Re: LaMelephant: The LaMelo Ball Thread (#2) 

Post#1981 » by wilson115 » Mon Feb 2, 2026 11:49 pm

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Re: LaMelephant: The LaMelo Ball Thread (#2) 

Post#1983 » by yosemiteben » Wed Feb 4, 2026 10:27 pm

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This is a spectacular video, folks should watch it if you haven't
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Post#1984 » by Braggins » Wed Feb 4, 2026 11:07 pm

I was getting ready to post that video. Miller/Kon are nice, but this is LaMelo's team. Hes the engine. Hes like a mad scientist. Sometimes his experiments blow up in his face, but he also creates magic.
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Re: LaMelephant: The LaMelo Ball Thread (#2) 

Post#1985 » by LofJ » Wed Feb 4, 2026 11:27 pm

Braggins wrote:I was getting ready to post that video. Miller/Kon are nice, but this is LaMelo's team. Hes the engine. Hes like a mad scientist. Sometimes his experiments blow up in his face, but he also creates magic.


Agreed, and on that note it's time for a new LaMelo thread. One with a better title. Here's a suggestion: Welcome to the Show: The LaMelo Ball thread.
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Re: LaMelephant: The LaMelo Ball Thread (#2) 

Post#1986 » by fatlever » Fri Feb 6, 2026 7:11 pm

this **** ****. just admit you had no sources for your bull.

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Post#1987 » by JustBuzzin » Fri Feb 6, 2026 7:24 pm

fatlever wrote:this **** ****. just admit you had no sources for your bull.

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Wait you actually took that rumor seriously?

Kendrick Perkins is and was never a real source especially for anything Hornets related. That dude just make hot takes for clicks and views smh
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Re: LaMelephant: The LaMelo Ball Thread (#2) 

Post#1988 » by fatlever » Fri Feb 6, 2026 7:27 pm

no of course i didnt take it seriously. i thought that was obvious. lol.
perkins and 99% of the former player podcasters from the 2000s seem to have brain damage
he talked out of his ass for clicks and got busted
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Re: LaMelephant: The LaMelo Ball Thread (#2) 

Post#1989 » by JDR720 » Fri Feb 6, 2026 7:30 pm

More Articulate than Kendrick Perkins: The LaMelo Ball Thread (#3)
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Post#1990 » by wilson115 » Fri Feb 13, 2026 3:28 am

Rod Boone:

Since Dec. 18, commencing a string of 29 straight games Ball suited up in, his efficiency has been impressive. The 24-year-old is averaging 19.2 points, 6.8 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game while draining 40% of his attempts beyond the 3-point arc.

His 116 made 3-pointers during that span are tops in the NBA — the lone player to total more than 100 throughout that same timeframe was New Orleans’ Trey Murphy III — and helped the Hornets boast an 18-11 record. Overall, they’re 23-22 with Ball in the lineup, and have been better in the clutch at the end of games, although that remains a work in progress and an area to be tightened up.

Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/charlotte-hornets/article314620382.html#storylink=cpy
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Re: LaMelephant: The LaMelo Ball Thread (#2) 

Post#1991 » by Bassman » Fri Feb 13, 2026 3:14 pm

wilson115 wrote:Rod Boone:

Since Dec. 18, commencing a string of 29 straight games Ball suited up in, his efficiency has been impressive. The 24-year-old is averaging 19.2 points, 6.8 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game while draining 40% of his attempts beyond the 3-point arc.

His 116 made 3-pointers during that span are tops in the NBA — the lone player to total more than 100 throughout that same timeframe was New Orleans’ Trey Murphy III — and helped the Hornets boast an 18-11 record. Overall, they’re 23-22 with Ball in the lineup, and have been better in the clutch at the end of games, although that remains a work in progress and an area to be tightened up.

Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/charlotte-hornets/article314620382.html#storylink=cpy


Those period measurement stats are better than I thought they would be. Kudos to LaMelo for his improvement. Needs to keep getting better, using better judgement and (as noted in Boone’s article) tightening up late game performance.
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