20 Shocking Facts About LaMelo Ball..

**SPEAKER_1** (0:00)
These are the top 20 things you didn't know about LaMelo Ball. And for number 20, there's no way you knew just how crazy LaMelo's 2020 Puma deal was. Because he not only walked away with $100 million, but he also got unlimited access to Puma's custom $14 million private jet. And our boy Mello deserves it. Dude's been balling out since he was a kid. In fact, I bet you didn't know about number 19 on our list. LaMelo was so good at basketball that he committed to UCLA, one of the top basketball colleges in the country, at only 13 years old.
He was literally in middle school, but the kid is just full of surprises. I mean, you probably had no idea about number 18 LaMelo started shooting on an NBA sized hoop when he was still wearing diapers.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:56)
Tell me about what age and some of the drills you did, and when you knew that basketball meant everything to you.

**LaMelo Ball** (1:04)
Well, really, when I was like three, playing on like a ten-foot hoop. You said drills and stuff. Yeah, we really didn't do drills.

**SPEAKER_2** (1:09)
You said three years old?

**LaMelo Ball** (1:11)
Yeah, you're three.

**SPEAKER_2** (1:11)
On a ten-foot hoop?

**LaMelo Ball** (1:12)
Yeah, you're facts.

**SPEAKER_1** (1:15)
Damn, that's impressive. But not as impressive as number 17
The fact that LaMelo has already broken three different pro basketball records. He's not only the youngest player to win NBA Rookie of the Year, he's also the youngest to score a triple double in the NBA and the NBL, Australia's pro basketball league. But that's not even the greatest thing LaMelo's done in Australia. Because in number 16, you might not have known that he helped the entire country survive one of the biggest disasters in world history. See, during the 2020 Australian wildfires, while thousands of families were losing their homes and lives, LaMelo donated a month of his NBL salary, over $100,000 to victims of the fires, saying, My parents taught me to help out wherever I can, so this is my way of helping out. And when it comes to looking out for people in need, LaMelo was just getting started. Because for number 15, I doubt you knew that a year later, LaMelo decided to help the homeless people of Charlotte by donating 500 blankets to the Salvation Army.

**LaMelo Ball** (2:26)
Thank you, LaMelo, for all of the blankets to keep the homeless warm.

**SPEAKER_1** (2:29)
Team?

**SPEAKER_5** (2:30)
Go Homeless!

**SPEAKER_1** (2:32)
Wow, homeless people, fire victims. This man LaMelo is a hero.
Which brings us to number 14 You probably didn't know that LaMelo was starting commercials for two different superhero movies. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Black Widow.

**SPEAKER_5** (2:52)
Dude, that was Black Widow.

**SPEAKER_1** (2:54)
All right, all right, let's be honest. LaMelo grew up in front of camera, so we should have seen this acting career coming. But number 13, nobody could have predicted. Because what if I told you that LaMelo Ball literally has the worst middle name in NBA history? I mean, his parents made Lonzo's middle name Anderson, L'Angelo's Robert, and they made LaMelo's middle name LaFrance. Ugh, but it turns out LaMelo liked that name so much that in 2020, he dropped an exclusive clothing line called LaFrance. But this wasn't his first move in the fashion industry. Because for number 12, you might have known that LaMelo is the youngest athlete to have their own signature shoe. But did you know it almost got him sued?
See, back in 2017, after LaMelo dropped his big baller brand MB1 shoe, a Canadian yoga studio accused him of stealing their company's logo. So I put them side by side to see. And I guess I can kind of see it. But what do you guys think?
Now for number 11, you might have seen Mello's first viral moment, calling a shot from half court. But you probably had no clue that this shot earned 16-year-old LaMelo the respect of an NBA legend.

**SPEAKER_4** (4:18)
I was wondering if you saw the high school player that pulled up from half court, LaMelo Ball. Did you see that highlight? I did.

**SPEAKER_5** (4:24)
I did. That was some confidence right there. The fact that he made that one. I wonder if he's done it before he missed it. And that was, you just, it's the highlight driven, you know, generation. So that right there was pretty, pretty unbelievable though.

**SPEAKER_1** (4:38)
All right, we're entering the top 10 of our list. So things are about to get even crazier. Cause what if I told you there's a fourth Ball brother you had no idea exists, and he played on the historic Chino Hills High School team with Lonzo, Liangelo, and LaMelo. Yeah, I'm talking about the one and only Andre Ball. Oh wait, hold up.