Every timeout, every dead ball, whenever LaMelo Ball is subbed out, his body sends him a little reminder:
His right wrist may no longer be broken, but it’s not normal yet.
That was so apparent Friday in the Charlotte Hornets’ 122-112 victory over the Orlando Magic. Ball, the Hornets’ wondrous rookie, kept grabbing his wrist or flexing it or encasing it in a heat wrap whenever he wasn’t playing.
Seven weeks removed from the fracture, his wrist still aches.
“It’s a little sore,” Ball said after totaling 27 points, six rebounds and six assists.