![]() ![]() "To have a player like him back with us, just to come back to us, it's exciting." "We have not had great success as a team, which is something that will change," Kupchak said. ![]() He thinks Charlotte is on the verge of snapping a streak of seven straight seasons without making the playoffs, the longest active streak in the league. General manager Mitch Kupchak said keeping a player like Ball is a big step for the Hornets. You want to be living well, and in Charlotte I'm doing that. The basketball aspect, if that's not really going well, then you want to just live your life and have fun. "All my years here I've had a good time," Ball said. "I think it's just a great position and I think we are all going the right way now."īall said the decision to stay wasn't tough. "Where we at, I feel like we are all growing together," Ball said Wednesday in his first news conference since signing the contract. In so doing, he became first Hornets player to sign a rookie max contract extension, giving Charlotte a cornerstone piece to build around.īall said he chose to remain in Charlotte because he's comfortable living there and believes in what the Hornets are trying to create. ![]() Instead, the 2022 All-Star point guard decided to embrace his current situation with the struggling Hornets by signing a five-year deal earlier this month that will pay him up to $260 million. (AP) - LaMelo Ball could've tried to force his way out of Charlotte in hopes of landing with an established NBA playoff contender in the next few years. ![]()
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