For the first time since his Wednesday collision in Uptown Charlotte, which left his Hummer without a wheel and a person with minor injuries, LaMelo Ball spoke to the media, but the hooper wasn’t in the mood to talk about the experience.
After the Hornets’ 105-101 loss to the Houston Rockets on Thursday night, the 24-year-old sat down in front of microphones, and it was evident he was attempting to keep the conversation focused solely on basketball.
According to Ball, the crash was “unfortunate, [but] everybody cool.”
“So just blessings. God is great.”
The reporter inquired as to why he seemed to have fled the site shortly after the collision, and Ball responded, “You gotta check in on that.”
Before he was driven off, Ball was retrieved from the scene sitting in his disabled 2022 GMC Hummer EV Edition 1 and getting into a Lamborghini. According to an eyewitness, the incident occurred approximately ten minutes later. There has been no suggestion that LaMelo departed the scene before being given permission.
Returning to the hardwood, he chose to sidestep the topic when asked how the past 24 hours have gone from the wreck to playing basketball. Ball remarked, “Just alive and blessed for real,” “God is great, like I said.”
Melo won’t remember yesterday’s game, except from playing the day after the crash.
