As rampant bushfires devastate lives and ecosystems throughout Australia, the most prominent basketball player in the country is trying to do some good.
LaMelo Ball, the 2020 NBA draft prospect playing for the National Basketball League’s Illawarra Hawks in Australia this season, has pledged to donate one month of his salary to help victims of the country’s bushfires, his team announced Thursday.
“It’s sad to see what is happening on the South Coast of Australia, Ball said. “People have lost their homes and everything they own. My parents taught me to help out wherever I can, so this is my way of helping out.