LaMelo Ball optimistic of returning to action tonight after long injury layoff
Shams Charania: After missing one month with re-injured ankle, Hornets All-Star LaMelo Ball is optimistic to return to lineup tonight vs. Pistons, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania Whatâs the buzz on Twitter? James Plowright @British_Buzz Will LaMelo Ball be back for the Hornets tonight? His city needs him⊠#Batmelo @LaMelo Ball pic.twitter.com/wVzyq0XCw5 â 4:26 PM James Plowright @British_Buzz LaMelo Ball is back for the Hornets #Batmelo @LaMelo Ball pic.twitter.com/bJoYUnaKFl â 4:22 PM James Plowright @British_Buzz If LaMelo is back Iâd be tempted to move Oubre to the bench not McDaniels. Not a knock on Oubre, I just think he helps the bench scoring more than Jalen. Doubt it happens that way though â 1:31 PM CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA LaMelo Ball injury update: Hornets star upgraded to questionable vs. Pistons, âhopefulâ to return cbssports.com/nba/news/lamel⊠â 1:19 PM StatMuse @statmuse LaMelo last season: â 20.1 PPG | 6.7 RPG | 7.6 APG â 43/39/87% â Youngest player ever with 20/6/6 in a season â All-Star Predict his statline for this season. pic.twitter.com/7JdyYEEn8f â 12:15 PM James Plowright @British_Buzz Iâm excited to see LaMelo Ball back playing basketball. I also think itâs hilariously ironic he might comeback in the Tank-Bowl against the Pistons â 12:09 PM Marc Stein @TheSteinLine The Hornets say LaMelo Ball (left ankle sprain) has been officially upgraded from OUT to QUESTIONABLE for tonightâs game against Detroit. Ball has played in only three games this season. More NBA from me: marcstein.substack.com â 12:04 PM Marc J. Spears @MarcJSpears Hornets say guard LaMelo Ball has been upgraded to questionable for tonightâs game against Detroit. â 12:03 PM Shams Charania @ShamsCharania After missing one month with re-injured ankle, Hornets All-Star LaMelo Ball is optimistic to return to lineup tonight vs. Pistons, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. â 12:01 PM Rod Boone @rodboone No change in the #Hornets injury report: LaMelo, Gordon Hayward, Dennis Smith Jr. and Cody Martin are all still out for tomorrowâs game against Detroit. â 4:57 PM Rod Boone @rodboone #Hornets are wrapping up practice. Steve Clifford said LaMelo, Gordon Hayward, Dennis Smith Jr. and Cody Martin participated in some of the non-contact portion. Asked Clifford if it was encouraging. âFor everybody, yeah,â he said. âEven the coach feels better.â pic.twitter.com/XdrZO3XVgR â 12:59 PM More on this storyline Adrian Wojnarowski: After missing 11 games with a left ankle sprain, Charlotteâs LaMelo Ball â upgraded to questionable vs. Detroit tonight â is âhopefulâ to make his return to the lineup, source tells ESPN. Ball will warm up and see if heâs ready to play. -via Twitter @wojespn / December 14, 2022 Charlotte Hornets PR: Hornets G LaMelo Ball did not travel with the team to PHI due to illness (non health & safety related). -via Twitter @HornetsPR / December 11, 2022 For a teenager who grew up with two older brothers potentially headed to the pros and a headline-garnering pops, it turned out that LaMelo Ball proved to be an instant star. Now in his third season with the Charlotte Hornets, the All-Star point guard is not only looking to turn around the franchiseâs fortunes, heâs also looking to revive Pumaâs once-dormant basketball category. The second colorway of his second signature shoe with the company, the MB.02 Phenom, launches this week, with design details drafted off of his outsize personality, boldly placed tattoos, and love of loud looks. -via Andscape / November 23, 2022
Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania
Whatâs the buzz on Twitter?
Will LaMelo Ball be back for the Hornets tonight? His city needs himâŠ
#Batmelo @LaMelo Ball pic.twitter.com/wVzyq0XCw5 â 4:26 PM
LaMelo Ball is back for the Hornets
#Batmelo @LaMelo Ball pic.twitter.com/bJoYUnaKFl â 4:22 PM
If LaMelo is back Iâd be tempted to move Oubre to the bench not McDaniels. Not a knock on Oubre, I just think he helps the bench scoring more than Jalen. Doubt it happens that way though â 1:31 PM
LaMelo Ball injury update: Hornets star upgraded to questionable vs. Pistons, âhopefulâ to return
cbssports.com/nba/news/lamel⊠â 1:19 PM
LaMelo last season:
â 20.1 PPG | 6.7 RPG | 7.6 APG
â 43/39/87%
â Youngest player ever with 20/6/6 in a season
â All-Star
Predict his statline for this season. pic.twitter.com/7JdyYEEn8f â 12:15 PM
Iâm excited to see LaMelo Ball back playing basketball.
I also think itâs hilariously ironic he might comeback in the Tank-Bowl against the Pistons â 12:09 PM
The Hornets say LaMelo Ball (left ankle sprain) has been officially upgraded from OUT to QUESTIONABLE for tonightâs game against Detroit. Ball has played in only three games this season.
More NBA from me: marcstein.substack.com â 12:04 PM
Hornets say guard LaMelo Ball has been upgraded to questionable for tonightâs game against Detroit. â 12:03 PM
After missing one month with re-injured ankle, Hornets All-Star LaMelo Ball is optimistic to return to lineup tonight vs. Pistons, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. â 12:01 PM
#Hornets are wrapping up practice. Steve Clifford said LaMelo, Gordon Hayward, Dennis Smith Jr. and Cody Martin participated in some of the non-contact portion. Asked Clifford if it was encouraging.
âFor everybody, yeah,â he said. âEven the coach feels better.â pic.twitter.com/XdrZO3XVgR â 12:59 PM
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