CHARLOTTE, N.C. — He’s the life of the party without even trying, the guy toward whom people gravitate thanks to an infectious smile that puts them in a giddy trance.
All it takes is a few precious seconds with LaMelo Ball to realize he’s simply different from others. He’s been that way for years, essentially serving as a walking reality program that reminds one of his teammates of a late-1990s movie starring Jim Carrey.
“I told him the other day, he’s like living in the ‘Truman Show,’ ” said Terry Rozier, one of Ball’s closest friends on the team. “It’s basically like his life. Everybody is watching his life and so invested in his life since a young kid, and it’s just all about him. It’s deep.
