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LaMelo Ball plays his future 'by the day' after Hornets' latest losing season: 'The main thing is winning'

The Charlotte Hornets have been pretty terrible since selecting LaMelo Ball with the No. 3 pick in 2020.

The team hasn’t had a winning record in Ball’s three seasons with the team, and hasn’t been to the playoffs since 2016 — which is now the longest active postseason drought in the NBA.

Ball didn’t sound solid about his future in Charlotte on Monday, either. Instead, he “plays it by the day.”

“I love it here,” Ball said, via The Associated Press. “I can’t really tell the future.