LaMelo LaFrance Ball[1] (born August 22, 2001) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Illawarra Hawks of the National Basketball League (NBL). He plays the point guard position and is considered a potential top-five pick in the 2020 NBA draft.[2]

Ball began high school at Chino Hills High School in California, where he won a state championship and achieved national success as a freshman with his older brothers Lonzo, now an NBA guard, and LiAngelo. Before his junior season, a coaching dispute prompted him to leave Chino Hills and sign with Lithuanian professional team Prienai. In 2018, he played in the Junior Basketball Association (JBA), a league created by his father, before returning to high school as a senior with SPIRE Institute in Ohio. A former UCLA commit, he was a five-star recruit but chose to forgo college basketball amid eligibility concerns and play for the Illawarra Hawks of Australia in 2019, winning NBL Rookie of the Year at the end of the season.

Ball and his brothers have attracted national attention since playing together in high school. His father, LaVar, also grew into a media personality in 2017. Ball has a signature shoe by his father's company, Big Baller Brand, and a role on his family's Facebook Watch reality show Ball in the Family.