Charlotte Hornets rookie guard LaMelo Ball underwent surgery Tuesday to repair a fractured right wrist and remains unlikely to return to the lineup this season, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Ball, 19, suffered the injury on a fall in a 125-98 loss to the Clippers in Los Angeles on Saturday. Sources said the injury was in the area of the thumb on his shooting hand.
The Hornets, when announcing the injury Sunday evening, said Ball would be out indefinitely.
Ball, the No. 3 pick in the 2020 NBA draft, was considered the front-runner for NBA Rookie of the Year. He averaged 15.9 points, 6.1 assists and 5.9 rebounds this season.
The Hornets, at 21-21, currently hold the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference.
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