LaMelo Ball just wanted to speak it into existence.
And hey, there's still more than enough time for him to become President of the United States.
Wait, what?
Yep. That's what Ball reportedly told the Minnesota Timberwolves during the pre-draft process.
The Athletic's Jon Krawczynski joined Zach Lowe's podcast and shared this story recently. It was in the context of why the Timberwolves chose Anthony Edwards No. 1 overall and not LaMelo.
Here's what Krawczynski shared:
“So we know they picked Edwards. But that’s not my little nugget for you all. It’s why they picked Edwards.
"There were a million different reasons in their evaluation. But one of them was that they had an interview with LaMelo Ball during this process—trying to figure out, ‘Hey, is this the guy for us?’ And LaMelo… did not interview very well. One of the questions they asked him was: ‘Hey LaMelo, after you’re done playing, what do you see yourself doing? What kind of things do you aspire to?’ And LaMelo said: ‘I want to be President of the United States.’”
It's hard to even begin to know what to make of that.
It's quite the thing to say in a pre-draft interview, but maybe Ball felt it actually made him look like a high achiever.
The Wolves apparently didn't view it that way, but there's still time for LaMelo to prove the doubters wrong.
A person can't even be POTUS until they're 35 years old, anyway.
Maybe instead of debates, LaMelo can play 1-on-1 with fellow candidates.
It's not likely something he'll worry about for a while, if ever. There's still a long NBA career to go for Ball.
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