The whirlwind of rumors has been constant linking the New York Knicks to LaMelo Ball. Though the draft won’t be held until late in the fall, with no basketball to discuss and most of the NBA quarantining in a bubble in Florida, there are no storylines to discuss either.
The most recent rumor did not come from the Knicks, though. In a rare turn of the tables, it was a report indicating that Ball’s camp was as interested in a partnership with the storied franchise as they were with the youngest in the Ball family.
It was a rumor seemingly out of the blue as no reports had previously come out of Ball’s camp. And though it is near impossible to verify, Jermaine Jackson, LaMelo Ball’s manager, seemed to indicate the report was not true on Instagram.
In defense of Ball’s camp, there is rarely a report that is leaked. Dating back to Ball’s time in the NBL, rarely does anything get out that the camp doesn’t want. The severity of Ball’s injury that ended his season, for example, was never known even after the year ended.
But as noted, there’s no way to verify the legitimacy of the picture. While it falls in line with the narrative so far connecting the two parties, it could all just as easily be a social media ploy. Unfortunately, it’s a distinction that’ll have to continue to be debated until the NBA Draft.
