LiAngelo Ball Declares for NBA Draft

It should come as no surprise that LiAngelo Ball (196 cm, UCLA’18) has officially declared for the 2018 NBA Draft. That’s been his dad’s (LaVar Ball) masterplan from the beginning. He was pulled out of UCLA then went pro in Europe with his brother LaMelo this 2017-18. The siblings joined Vytautas Prienu (Lithuania-LKL). He played nine games…

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Ball Siblings Debut for Vytautas as club faces Sanctions

 The long-awaited pro debut of Ball siblings, LiAngelo and LaMelo is finally over. The brothers took to the floor to play for Lithuanian club Vytautas Prienu (Lithuania-LKL). The team faced off against Lithuanian powerhouse, BC Zalgiris Kaunas’ reserve team. A total of 1.6 million people watched the game on Facebook,  which turned out to be…

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LaMelo and LiAngelo Ball Go Pro in Europe

 LaMelo and LiAngelo Ball are headed to Europe to begin their professional basketball careers. They will be flying to Lithuania in January and have agreed to sign contracts with Vytautas Prienai (Lithuania-LKL). LiAngelo, 19, was pulled out of UCLA by his father earlier in December. LaMelo, who is 16, had originally committed to play for…

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LiAngelo Ball pulled out of UCLA by his father

 Suspended UCLA freshman LiAngelo Ball has been pulled out of the university by his father, LaVar Ball. LiAngelo was one of three freshmen who were arrested in China on charges of shoplifting. Cody Riley and Jalen Hill were the other players involved. His father said that he will be exploring options for LiAngelo and younger…

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Trump Asks Xi Jinping to Help Resolve UCLA Issue

 The case of three UCLA freshmen being charged with shoplifting in China is now a political matter at the highest level. No less than U.S. President Donald Trump has personally asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping to help resolve the matter. Trump made the request during a two-day visit to Beijing, just before flying to Vietnam,…

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LiAngelo Ball, two other UCLA players arrested in China

 Three UCLA freshmen have been arrested in China on charges of shoplifting. The UCLA Bruins were on a goodwill trip to China, which included a tour of Disneyland, an exhibition game against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and a meeting with Joe Tsai, one of the co-founders of Chinese Megacompany Alibaba. The players involved in…

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