The Ball family has become a household name, for good reason. LaVar Ball has three sons, Lonzo, LaMelo, and LiAngelo Ball, who all are young basketball talents. LaVar has done an excellent job marketing his children and pushing them to be their best.
Lonzo Ball is now the Lakers' starting point guard, and his other sons have gotten action in his professional league, the Junior Basketball Association, as well as overseas. The famous “Big Baller Brand” sponsors the trio of sons and has shoes for all three. LaVar Ball has made a successful global brand, and his sons love every minute of it.
However, since coming back from Lithuania and professional basketball there, LaVar has put LaMelo back into high school basketball. The question: Is LaMelo really eligible to play in the NCAA if he had already played professionally?
In an interview on ESPN’s “Jalen and Jacoby,” LaVar Ball said that any statements about ineligibility couldn’t be further from accurate:
“They got these kids that play at universities like Gonzaga, Kentucky that come from overseas that already played pro. My boy ain’t no pro. He ain’t been paid, ain’t never signed no papers to say he got an agent. That’s a family friend who did a favor for me. My boys ain’t never sat down and said ‘Okay, this is going to be your agent, please sign this. Let me sign this endorsement deal so we can give you some money for these shoes.’ There ain’t none of that, so he’s not a professional.”
Ball's claim that LaMelo never signed an agent, therefore is eligible to play in college, seems far-fetched, but technically is a valid point. If LaVar Ball can prove this, there would be a chance that LaMelo could play college basketball.
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