On the bright side, things can only go up for LaMelo Ball.
The No. 3-overall pick in last month’s draft had an NBA debut to forget Wednesday — and had his postgame Zoom hacked — as the Hornets opened the season with a 121-114 loss to the Cavaliers. Ball went scoreless with an 0-for-5 showing from the field to go with three turnovers, three assists, two steals and a rebound in 16 minutes off the bench.
“I told him just to forget this one,” Gordon Hayward said after the game, per the Charlotte Observer. “Some days are diamonds, some days are stones.