The 18-year-old Next-Star development product injured his foot playing for the Illawarra Hawks and won't rehabilitate before the season finishes.

Ball is now expected to join the 2020 NBA draft - with some experts picking he will go number one.

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27 Feb: A morale-boosting result for basketball's Tall Blacks in their qualifying campaign for next year's World Cup

26 Feb: The Tall Ferns have named three uncapped players for their Basketball World Cup qualifiers in Puerto Rico next month

26 Feb: Tall Blacks coach Judd Flavell is trying to progress Parker Jackson-Cartwright's basketball ambitions

24 Feb: Breakers president of basketball operations Dillon Boucher is preparing for a free agency battle

24 Feb: To the ANBL basketball awards..

22 Feb: Parker Jackson-Cartwright and the entire New Zealand Breakers organisation want to put their name on the first ever Ignite Cup, but know the task ahead of them is a difficult one

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