LaMelo Ball named March’s Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month
The NBA announced on Thursday that LaMelo Ball was named Rookie of the Month in March. It is Ball’s third straight month winning Rookie of the Month honors.
Ball played just eight games in the month, helping the Hornets to a 4-4 mark. In those games, he averaged 18.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.8 steals per game, leading all Eastern Conference rookies in points and leading all rookies in assists and steals per game.
Ball started the month a 30-point, eight-assist, six-rebound and four-steal performance on Mar. 1 against the Portland Trail Blazers. Ball is the third-youngest player in NBA history with 30-5-5 at 19 years and 191 days old, only behind LeBron James and Kevin Durant.
Ball is the youngest player with 30-5-5 along with four steals and just the sixth rookie over the last 20 seasons with that stat line as well as just the third rookie since the 2009-10 season along with Luka Doncic and Stephen Curry.
