# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lamelo-ball
# Generated: 2026-09-01T13:03:55.834Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lamelo-ball"
name: "LaMelo Ball"
slug: "lamelo-ball"
description: "LaMelo LaFrance Ball is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Hornets with the third overall pick of the 2020 NBA draft. Ball was voted the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2021 and named an NBA All-Star the following season in 2022."
tagline: "American basketball player (born 2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LaMelo_Ball_Drew_League_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
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  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "2001-08-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 39
platforms:
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    handle:    "melo"
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    handle:    "MeloBBB"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "LaMelo Ball"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Болл, Ламело"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump