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NBA is to announced Hornets rookie LaMelo Ball as the winner of the 2020-21 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year award.
Ball is the third player in Charlotte franchise history to win the Rookie of the Year award.
Ball averaged 15.7 points, 6.1 assists, and 5.9 rebounds in 51 games this season

After one season, the New Orleans Pelicans parted ways with Stan Van Gundy, according to a report from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Andrew Lopez.
The Pelicans struggled mightily in 2019-20 under Van Gundy, finishing 31-41.
The team is expected to circle back on a number of candidates considered last offseason as well as including assistant Teresa Witherspoon

New Orleans’ Lonzo Ball earned a single third-place vote in NBA’s Most Improved Player award.
Ball experienced a breakout season, averaging a career-high 14.6 points with career-best shooting from the field (41.4%), the 3-point line (37.8%), and the free-throw line (78.1%).
Ball was one of seven players to receive a single point in the voting

According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the Charlotte Hornets are expected to pick up the team option on HC James Borrego.
The Hornets finished the 2021 season 33-39 and in 10th in the Eastern Conference.
Borrego will enter the 2021-22 season in the final year of his current contract

LaMelo Ball’s focus for the offseason will be to get his body stronger.
All aspects of the game but mostly just get the body right, get the body stronger, LaMelo Ball.
LaMelo will certainly put in the work this summer and it could lead to a big payoff in his sophomore campaign

Zion Williamson voiced his desire to have Lonzo Ball back in New Orleans next season.
I really would want Zo to come back, and he knows that, Zion Williamson.
Over the last two seasons, Ball and Williamson have spent 1,634 minutes on the court together.
Last season, the pairing had a plus-9.8 net rating before finishing with a plus-3.8 net rating this season

Eric Bledsoe praised Lonzo Ball’s improvement after the Pelicans Sunday’s win over the Hornets.
Just the way, when he has the ball, how mature he is with making plays, Eric Bledsoe.
He’s grown more comfortable in his role within the league and the Pelicans