Miles Bridges Surprised LaMelo Ball with Rookie of the Year Award

Charlotte Hornets rookie LaMelo Ball was a pretty popular pick to win NBA Rookie of the Year, but he wasn’t necessarily a shoe-in after the season Anthony Edwards had. Plus LaMelo had an injury that kept him out for a portion of the season. In the end, it was Melo that took home the honors, and Charlotte Hornets teammate Miles Bridges was the one tasked with surprising him.

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Took a little while for LaMelo to see it.

Watch LaMelo Ball’s Reaction Below:

Hornets teammate @MilesBridges surprised LaMelo with his #KiaROY award 👏 pic.twitter.com/Nrq9IHGmph

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) June 16, 2021

Twitter reacted:

Just tremendous. This’ll keep the smiles going for #Hornets fans tonight. https://t.co/IYuUoXZiq5

— Nick Carboni (@NickCarboniWCNC) June 17, 2021

THIS IS SO PURE 😭😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/fsd46iinmJ

— plz draft howell or ridder panthers (@Rev_Ev7) June 17, 2021

This was great https://t.co/W1IO6yhrz1

— Seth Lewis (@SethLewisInc) June 17, 2021

made me happy made me smile https://t.co/KxxKwa4b3Q

— 👩🏾‍🚀 (@uhhaha1234) June 17, 2021

😂😂 this is the content we need https://t.co/5EVrL1BzSW

— Nate Harris (@mkenate__) June 17, 2021

The most wholesome https://t.co/yeY41shSXz pic.twitter.com/zQv153wR4i

— Zero Sum Hoops (@zerosumhoops) June 17, 2021

A very special moment for the Rookie of the Year, nice work by whoever came up with this.

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