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Carmelo Anthony Discusses LaMelo Ball’s Burgeoning Talent, Persona

Monday’s contest between the Trail Blazers and Hornets placed Carmelo Anthony and LaMelo Ball across from each other for the first time in a NBA matchup. Individually, Ball’s 30-point outing allowed him to finish a single point in front of Anthony’s 29-point performance.

After the game, Anthony opened up about the Ball’s emerging national profile and the name that they share.

Carmelo Anthony clearing the air on the Melo controversy with LaMelo Ball:
"I vouched for it, he can do it"<-on LaMelo doing 3 to the dome celly

"It's an honor for him to have that name for him to embrace it.