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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08 Dec: Basketball's bearded wonder James Harden is now in the NBA's top 10 scorers of all time

07 Dec: An increasing level of satisfaction for Breakers coach Petteri Koponen after they racked up a third straight win in basketball's NBL

06 Dec: A deep breath for centre Rob Loe as the Breakers hunt a third win in a row in tonight's NBL basketball game against Tasmania

06 Dec: The Adelaide 36ers have extended their Australian basketball league winning streak to five games with a 90-65 win over Brisbane, remaining second on the ladder

03 Dec: Izayah Le'afa unknowingly played through a stress fractured foot in the Tall Blacks basketball World Cup qualifier loss to Australia in Wellington

03 Dec: Kiwi guard Tai Webster's returned for a third Australian Basketball League stint with the Breakers

02 Dec: Australia have completed a clean sweep of the Tall Blacks in their two basketball World Cup qualification games

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