Ex-NBAer Aaron Brooks is admitting he was COMPLETELY wrong about his teammate LaMelo Ball ... saying his time with the phenom was nothing but positive.
TMZ Sports spoke with Brooks about playing with the youngest Ball bro on the Australian NBL's Illawarra Hawks ... and the ex-Houston Rockets star says he was against the idea at first.
"For me, when I found out that he was gonna be there, I was like, 'look, I don't wanna go through that,'" Brooks says.
"I come from the old school of being with Dikembe Mutombo, Rafer Alston, Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming .