- What's up GQ, it's LaMelo Ball.
And today I'm going undercover on the Internet.
[upbeat music] It's actually me.
[beep] Oh [bleep].
You're talking to LaMelo,
so you're gonna get LaMelo answers today.
You feel me?
Quora. [keyboard typing]
What player would you compare LaMelo Ball to?
I will compare LaMelo Ball to LaMelo Ball
[keyboard typing] because he's one of one
and very rare.
That's my answer. Posted.
Is LaMelo Ball better than Lonzo Ball,
or is his play style just drastically different?
Huh...
I'mma go with LaMelo Ball is better.
It's just a fact. That's it.
All right? Play style, different?
[typing and clicking] I mean,
we got some similarities.
But then we also got a lot of differences.
I think the difference is, I'm better.
That's just my opinion.
Replied.
What is LaMelo Ball's biggest weakness?
I answered the question. It was that pause.
No weaknesses, negative, zero, nada.
Twitter.
"LaMeloBallNFT."
I see, there we go.
I [bleep] with the NFT.
Are you disappointed your team
couldn't make the playoffs
or are you trying to improve for next year?
At the end of the day?
Don't you just want to win it all?
So disappointed?
No, I feel like everything's a learning lesson.
You can learn from everything,
[keyboard typing] improve.
Go day by day. Just get better.
So definitely improved for next year.
Next!
Melo versus BolBol versus Lil Yachty in a game of 21,
who is winning?
Anything with my name in it, I'm obviously gonna pick me.
So Melo.
Melo, what college would you have gone to
if you were eligible?
Honestly, I think I would've went to USC, Cali.
You feel me?
What's your goal, Melo?
Well, I kind of want to ask him the question.
I wish he was on FaceTime.
I'd ask him what's his goal.
'Cause I mean, I be accomplishing my goals.
You feel me?
Check, check, check.
Nah, I still got some more goals.
Like, win a championship.
[typing and clicking] Reddit.
Is it that deep that people won't call LaMelo
Melo because of Carmelo Anthony?
Well, I ain't never had that problem in my life,
everybody calls me Melo.
So I feel like he grew up with his family
and got his people who call him Melo.
And then I got my people or whoever know me,
call me Melo, so.
[typing and clicking] And plus he lit,
I'm lit, so it's cool. [mouse clicking]
Rank these players as passers: LaMelo Ball,
Chris Paul, Nikola Jokic, Trae Young, LeBron James,
and Ben Simmons.
The first one seems right.
LaMelo Ball and-
ooh, passing?
Oh, that's a joker.
Yeah, he could pass.
I'll probably put him next.
LeBron and then CP, Trae.
Nah, nah, gotta throw Simmons somewhere up in there.
I ain't gonna lie. I don't know.
I got a top three though.
I got the top one [bleep]. Me. [laughing]
24. [mouse clicking] Next.
More Quora.
How did LaMelo Ball get so tall?
Well, it's this thing called a father and a mother.
They do that little thingy-thing.
And they made me.
And my father happened to be tall
and my mother happened to be tall.
6'6 for a boy, that's tall, and 6'1 for a girl?
That's hella tall.
[typing and clicking] So I'mma say
that's how I got tall.
TikTok.
Does he still feel this way? No one can guard him?
It felt that way my whole life.
Wouldn't change now, can't change, won't change, so.
[typing and clicking] Definitely,
definitely still feel that way.
Even more Quora!
What role will Michael Jordan play
in LaMelo's development?
Right now, it's to be continued,
something we gotta just, you know,
go forward with life and see.
So, we'll see.
I don't think I seen him play.
I think he fully retired, but I ain't gonna lie.
I ain't watch basketball like that, so.
I'm more of a highlight type of person.
Can't watch no game.
What is the effect of LaMelo Ball
playing in the Euro league?
My answer to that would just be the effect is
you're finding a whole 'nother pathway, you know,
to get to the league.
I mean, it's just something.
Instead of doing the traditional route,
you'd be a trailblazer.
Like I say, you can be one of one, rare,
and do something completely different,
you know, [keyboard typing]
follow your own dreams and yeah,
just believe in yourself.
Playing over there,
it's a lot more paths and cut in, you know, playing.
It's a little more slower.
And then in the NBA, I mean, it's completely different.
Everything is fast paced, up and down.
That would probably be the main difference to me,
I would say.
Posted. Back to Twitter.
Melo is proof that kids probably benefit more
playing professionally overseas than
they do playing in college before turning pro.
Yep. You can say that's proof, I guess,
but I mean everybody's different.
Everybody got their own stories.
It could be better for some kids.
It could be worse for some kids.
So at the end of the day,
you just gotta know who you are.
You gotta be you.
[keyboard typing] And whatever fits
your life the best,
that's what you should go with.
I ain't gonna lie,
I felt if I played college, oh, it would have been bad,
pretty much coming from like high school.
If you're already a top player, like,
you know you already gonna have hella leeway.
You can do what you want.
Pick the school you want for you.
But going out there it's really like,
they don't give a [bleep].
So it's just like, if you good or are you not?
All that name and all that stuff,
don't really matter no more.
Posted.
Missing Lithuania?
[chuckling] Nah, I'm cool. It's too cold out there.
I learned a lot, you know,
pretty much just [typing and clicking]
part of the journey, I feel like.
And I was young out there,
so I feel like I grew up out there.
Nah, I ain't grow up out there, but you feel me?
I seen a lot.
Instagram. [typing and clicking]
How old were you guys here?
I would probably say like
[typing and clicking] 3, 5, 6.
Back to Twitter.
Melo, what do you think of the Knicks?
I only mess with the Hornets now.
Does that make sense though?
You feel what I'm saying?
Nothing good, nothing bad, just.
I feel entitled to a team now,
so it's just like, I don't really rock with them.
Replied.
Melo, why you switch your shoes
after the first quarter?
AllFly, like the blue Pumas way better.
Oh, that's probably a game. I just switch shoes.
So probably just switched the shoes,
I wanted to switch the color.
So I just switched them.
Puma or Jordan?
I obviously ride with Puma and I obviously ride with Jordan.
So we're going [typing and clicking]
to be some adults and pick both.
Hey, best friend.
Do you even have a favorite restaurant in Charlotte?
Melo, I want to try new cuisine this week.
I ain't even been out to too
much restaurants in Charlotte,
but people say it's a good one
like right around the corner named Chima.
They said that place go crazy.
So I'm gonna see what it's talking about.
[typing and clicking] Let me know how it tastes!
Thank you for y'all time and y'all your questions.
I'm glad to be here with y'all
but I'm signing it out now.
See y'all later.