Did Michael Jordan make the right choice by drafting LaMelo Ball to the Hornets? | First Take
Stephen A. Smith, Max Kellerman and Jay Williams weigh in on whether Michael Jordan and the Charlotte Hornets made the right choice by drafting LaMelo Ball with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft.
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Best pick but poor choice of getting Borrego as headcoach
LaMelo is the best rookie.
Yes
Lamello come to The Warriors 🌉
I wish Lamello played for The Warriors! If he leaves The Hornets he should come to The Bay and let Chef Curry show him the way , groom him and give him the legendary touches early. That would be DOPE!
Lamello is Jordan’s greatest draft! Sometimes it takes time to learn something new. Melo is pure gold 🏆
I’ve been watching the ball brothers from Day 1. Lamello should be a 99 in NBA 2K. He should be starting every game.
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Big shout out for lavar, we'll said Stephen A. The hating needs to stop
Melo trying to be humble don't mess with his..please
Owner Jordan made the right pick give lamelo a chance to grow/develop🏀💯
Can they keep bringing him of the bench?
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"Melo Magic "
Stfu
I have been watching this kiddo since he was 14 and very proud of him! I just hope the NBA doesn’t change them. They all are very quiet and well manner young men. Why it threw me on Gelo but we all make mistakes and I think Gelo has paid the price and them some! I will aways love all 3 of them! Go Team Tina Ball and her husband lol 😂😜🤪 jk Mr Ball
Love watching this in 2021 after LaMelo pulls off a triple double. Max is way off! Hahaha.
Who else hates molly
1 month later... he’s a star
It's scary when his in the full potential and on his prime and add some Muscle man,His gonna be a Triple Dub Machine🔥Starting to broke records in just ten games off the bench unreal🔥🔥
Detroit has made a mistake that will (has) hurt them in their pocket.
lamelo just hit the first triple double and is the youngest player to ever do it.. yea MJ did well lol
10 Games in and already breaking world records at the age 19 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lamelo haters lol. Good pick Jordan.
THIS DUDE IS DOING TRIPLE DOUBLES OFF THE BENCH ITS SCARY.
Yes he did
Lamello ball is good player but he not chance to have atletic force to be lebro n as young ,but lebron is best of M . j and durant longnly best of M j . not interested have titles have when you have pipen and kuko¢ . it kleare why jordan didn't champ at washington wizards :
What?😂
Cause the year he went to Wizards he doesn't care about winning he want to help people that came on his 2 year contract he just want to play.Thats the real 🐐
at lease they still making more money then him
why he hating
ESPN and First Take haven’t done a video on Lamelo since they post their initial hate videos about his draft position and his 0 points in first game. Smh they won’t even acknowledge his success how much they hate Lavar and to be wrong.
What about now ?You see yesterday's game 1-9-2020. Youngest player in the NBA with a triple double... Only thing broken is your reporting lol...Numbers don't lie triple double! Jordan just got him an all star and future MVP. I'm calling it. Lamelo has the most passion for the game on any court in comparison to any player but most importantly is his path to the NBA and my friends thats what makes the man dangerous. Knowledge,Passion,Appreciation = He Got Game!!!!!
Yes yes he did
Melo out there Ballin’ literally
The way he's playing now, Jordan made the right decision. 👍
Yes
I was hoping he dropped to the Knicks😩😩😩 i would have picked him first!!!
Yes
Here after his triple-double 👀
this guy must look stupid now
Here to apologize and eat my words. Have at me Melo lovers, I bashed this kid for 3-4 years. Said he'd never make it and be a bust because of his shot. I was wrong
Nice owning up to it!
Kids a baller real cool kid love watching him play he's different. He is box office
@infinityprodinc the reason why he was seen as a bad shooter was because of shot selection, he’s taking better shots.
Lmao should really stop hating especially the media
I didn't expect him to be this good at shooting. His passing skills were always legit.
mj IS THE BEST ATHLETE OF SPORTS -- f LEBRON AND LEBRONS WHOLE FAMILY THAT CHEATS AND TAKES STEROIDS JUST ASK LEBOSCH JAMES
Greatness see greatness.💪🏻🏀
@McKing ML precisely 😉 but he has a long way to go bro, he just need to play the game the rightway🏀
Great Player plays for the Greatest of all time 🐐
who's here after Lamelo broke the NBA record for the youngest player to record a Triple-double?
He’s the perfect rookie ever since when Jayson Tatum came into the league
@John Guyi proving any time that . i'm not american but king of king in all world is lebron , It is easy cleveland never give fulll love lebron to win titles i and you and jordan nknow that Lebron have many way of pointing . i wrote it' easy way why jordan in wizards he no getting ni y play up .shut up and dont belive jordans jokeing .takeit easy from Mazrekaj ,Kosova Lbj ,Lbj
Prove them doubters wrong
Me
I am
Haterz
This aged well.
Lol
Melo probably going to be a superstar in the league soon. If he keep playing the way he playing.
He needed a pg and melo was pretty much the best he could get. Mj coices history as an owner is bad... But u think melo can be a great player.
How is he the greatest Athlete in the History of world Sports? Loud American Sports Presenters at it again!!
Yall cra then cra now Alonzo shot looks great n so does Melo. Chuch
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Guys what happened to cody zeller
Daddy Ball - "Neva Loss"
Jordan did a good time with this young hornets team
This did not age well lmao
Youngest player to get a triple double, I think he'll be an all-star
22 pts with a Block n a wet 3 pointer smh You can’t be serious talking down on this kid
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I love to see Max and Stephen A eat their words time and time again. If their job depending on them picking good athletes, they would not have a jobs. Facts.
So far, it appears that MJ made the right call drafting LaMelo!
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Yes he did! Yah gave his brother all seasons to prove something, so stop it.
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2001: Kwame Brown 2006: Adam Morrison 2020: Lamelo Ball
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Lamelo is one gifted athlete, it's just a matter of grooming him to hard work and gain winnings!!! Max you will eat your words, MJ will become a champion business owner!!!! Let's go Hornets!!!! 👌👍💪😎
Jay Williams is just an awful commentator in any topic of Basketball,oh and hes all over LBJ Ballz Sack ! Lmao
lamelo will be rookie of the year... he was the best in draft regardless what everybody else resume look like.
Imo james wiseman is the best out of the whole draft
Max is a joke
This is aging well 😂😂😂😂.
Max is hating this is the first pick he's got right sit down and close that steam 🚂 pipe Max hot air lol broken Jump shot and not athletic lmao.
Hater Max
Hes already proving you guys wrong..Lamelo is a straight killer
Why don’t they say top 3
Someone please!!!! Do a special effects video on Max looking like Count Dracula from the Brooklyn Bridge background!!
Melo about to average 8, 8, & 8
If you wanna win, no. If you want a bunch of groupies from the trashest generation that has ever existed? No.
Max always sounds like he’s been eating peanut butter.
Everybody who subscribe to my page I’ll cash app $100 right now I promise just drop cash app under my video if you support me I will support you not that much money but that’s all I can afford
Let's all be honest it's not about how good you are some times it's about the people you know that's life in general
If you wanna sell Tickets you can't go wrong with the Ball Brothers.
How does the greatest player of all time a blackman I remind you has the worst team in the league but can sign the best guys for shoe deals smh think 🤔 about it
He doesn’t have the worst team
The New York Knicks blew it last year they should have traded for Zion and this year they should have traded for LaMelo
As bad as Stephen a Smith has hated on this family I'm surprised he didn't say lamelo was 6'1"
When you hear people like Max speaking on the mellow ball it is obvious that he has not watched any games. Lamelo is an excellent defender and he can score from anywhere on the court lamelo shot suffered because he grew from 5'10 to 6'8 in 2 years. once he gets used to his body he'll be back to scoring like he used to when he got 92 points in the high school regulated game
Michael Jordan did not draft lamelo ball Mitch cup check drafted lamelo ball Mitch come check the general manager.
LaMelo ball is the reason why they will be playing on national television and international television this year. Lamelo played professionally in Australia and in Europe. With his dad's big baller brand they went to China and they went all over the world selling those products at pop up shops so this young man is a global brand before he ever stepped on an NBA court so Michael Jordan could not have drafted anybody that would have brought more attention to his team than LaMelo ball in this draft. The question is will the coach do the same thing that the pelicans did and end up getting himself fired like Dale demps did
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0:25 0:45 when you learn a new word so you try to use it every two seconds
Michael Jordan a true Aquarius lol
If max kellerman is black he will be kicked out of the espn office
There's more to it than just play, you gotta think about the income man drama breeds money. It also breeds Trouble but more money. Lol
Mj just pick lamelo to 1 vs 1 lavar
These guys said samething abt doncic
Anyone else notice that the Hornets' new logo, oddly, resembles the Bulls' logo?... Is Jordan trying to summon the success of the '95 Bulls?! Who knows. What I do know is that I like it. What I don't like is what I saw when I dropped my Bulls hat on the ground the other day. As it lay, upside-down, I noticed a robot. I looked closer to see a robot reading a book. Is this some sort of soft-disclosure for a future state of machine learning?... Creepy