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LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball played their first game together since playing in Lithuania on Thursday night and they didn’t disappoint. The two are back together playing for the Los Angeles Ballers in the Junior basketball association, a league help created by LaVar Ball. They took on the Philadelphia Ballers and both of the Ball sons […]

LiAngelo Ball has made his decision about where he wants to play his professional basketball, and it is the move that everyone should have saw coming. According to a press release by the Junior Basketball Association (JBA), LiAngelo will join the Los Angeles Ballers. The JBA is sponsored by the Big Baller Brand and LaMelo Ball […]

LiAngelo Ball was not taken in the 2018 NBA Draft despite his best efforts, but his dreams of professional basketball are far from over. According to Nicola Lupo of Sportando, LiAngelo and his brother LaMelo are receiving interest from the Russian team, Khimki Moscow. Khimki Moscow has two different teams. The top team plays in […]

One of the biggest snubs of the NBA Draft — for reasons that go beyond basketball — is that of LiAngelo Ball. However, another one of Los Angeles Lakers star Lonzo Ball’s brothers has recently gained attention after showing off his hops in a video that has been making its rounds on Twitter. In a […]

LaMelo Ball is going to play for Los Angeles – just not for the Lakers nor the Clippers, but with the Los Angeles Ballers. That’s not an NBA expansion team either, but a franchise in the nascent Junior Basketball Association. Here is a video of Ball inking his deal with the Ballers, via Overtime. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj5WrPWBGRs/ […]

If you want a quick way to upset LaMelo Ball, brother of Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball and son of the outspoken LaVar Ball, all you need to do is compare him with Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat character. That’s exactly what LaMelo’s former teammates in Lithuania did to him one time during the younger […]

When LaVar Ball took his kids overseas to Lithuania to play basketball, it instantly became a media hotspot and according to LaVar, that made some of the players on the team jealous of LiAngelo and LaMelo. “In Lithuania, everybody was like, ‘Melo!’ The old dudes was like, ‘We ain’t getting no love,’” LaVar recounted to […]

According to a report today from Franklyn Calle of SLAM, it was announced by Big Baller Brand founder LaVar Ball that his youngest son, guard LaMelo Ball would officially be joining the newly founded Junior Basketball Association and will play for its Los Angeles-based team this upcoming summer. LaMelo, who is still only 16 years […]

With just two games remaining in the season, LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball are leaving BC Vytautas. According to sources, this is due to injuries and not a coaching dispute as some believed it to be. As reported by Donatas Urbonas, a journalist from Lithuania: "We're not going to waste our time no more", LaVar told. […]

LaVar Ball has pulled his two sons, LiAngelo and LaMelo out of Lithuanian club Prienu Vytautas after yet another tiff with coach Virginijus Seskus, according to Lithuanian reporter Donatas Urbonis of 15min. Vytautas is fighting to avoid relegation with two games left in the season, but The Ballfather is determined to bring both of his sons […]

LaMelo Ball and his brother LiAngelo Ball unleashed an offensive showcase, as they dropped 39 points and 44 points respectively in an exhibition game. As reported by Ryan Nelson of Slam Online, in a Big Baller Brand exhibition game titled “BBB London Clash Game,” LaMelo finished with 39 points, 16 rebounds, and 16 assists. His brother […]

LaMelo Ball’s former high school team have reached the state finals after he dissed them several months ago. Below is Ball’s tweet, mocking Chino Hills High School’s basketball team. https://twitter.com/MELOD1P/status/930184987038564352 Chino Hills got off to a bad start this season with a 4-6 record. It seemed that Ball’s prediction was about to come true. Yet […]

During the fourth quarter of Sunday night’s 127-113 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball missed a wide open dunk attempt in transition. In lieu of the embarrassing moment, several of Lonzo’s teammates, as well as his brother, LaMelo, chimed in with a bit of playful banter. Lonzo gathered the […]

When LaVar Ball announced in early January that he was taking two of his sons to Lithuania to play pro basketball, many thought it was just another media stunt designed to keep the Big Baller Brand in the spotlight. He had already taken LaMelo out of Chino Hills High School in October when the coach […]

LaMelo Ball, the younger brother of Lakers star Lonzo Ball, has already begun his professional basketball career in the Lithuanian league. The ball-dominant young player amazed fans and scouts with his penchant for tough shotmaking and highlight plays. In many instances, Ball would commonly travel up the court and take a difficult shot. On his […]

When LaVar Ball decided to pull out his sons, LiAngelo and LaMelo, from their respective schools and turn them to professional basketball players in Lithuania, many saw it as a huge risk for their future in the NBA, as their stocks could plummet. Their belief grew further when the two were not able to play […]

Though far away in Lithuania, LaVar Ball’s plan for Big Baller Brand world domination has already started going through the gears. The loud-mouthed father of Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball said his son would not be willing to re-sign with the team unless the Lakers were willing to take his two brothers, LiAngelo and […]

It was just a matter of time… Vytautas, the professional Lithuanian team LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball play for, was blown out yesterday 118-96 by Zalgiris Kaunas in a Lithuanian League game. LaVar’s sons came off the bench and did as much as they could to get the team a win. LiAngelo led the team with 25 points […]

After turning professional in Lithuania back on December 11, LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball’s contracts with Vytautas Prienu have now been guaranteed for the remainder of the season. The development was reported by Shams Charania of Yahoo! Sports, which does not come as a complete surprise with the success the two have had in their stint […]

It’s no secret how much LaVar Ball has been supportive of his sons which was seen from him since his popularity rose, prior to Lonzo Ball getting drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers. He has always spoken highly, and even at times gave some absurd downright comments just to keep the spotlight on him. However, […]

From father to businessman to professional attention-getter to head coach, LaVar Ball somehow gets everything he wants. His ascension in the basketball world has been a quick one. Now, the father of international players LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball will coach his sons and the whole professional Vytautas team from Lithuania. Through Twitter, the team announced […]

The Ball family has been one of the most interesting topics in the NBA for the last year. Unless you have been sleeping under a rock for the last few months, you should know that Lonzo Ball’s younger brothers, LaMelo and LiAngelo Ball, are members of the Lithuania professional basketball team. Both of them have […]

The social media troll war between rookie teammates Kyle Kuzma and Lonzo Ball continued on Friday night following the Los Angeles Lakers’ 108-103 win over the Chicago Bulls. In fact, forward Brandon Ingram and guard Jordan Clarkson also joined in the fun on both Instagram and Twitter. This was sparked postgame in the Lakers’ locker […]

If it already wasn’t a secret that Big Baller Brand fever has hit Lithuania hard in 2018, it surely has now. On Tuesday, 16-year-old BC Vytautas guard LeMelo Ball went off for 43 points and hit five straight shots from behind the arc in a 147-142 shootout victory over BC Dzukija at Prienai Arena. Both […]

LaMelo Ball is the youngest son of LaVar Ball, and he is the younger brother of Lonzo Ball, who is the star point guard of the Los Angeles Lakers. Although he is only 16 years old, Ball is already a member of his own professional basketball team and is a pop culture icon since the […]

After being on the receiving end of a shot fired by Kyle Kuzma last month, Lonzo Ball has trolled him in return recently, making fun of his fashion sense. Now, it was the former UCLA star’s brother getting into the act and roasted Kuzma on Instagram. LaMelo Ball also made fun of what the Los […]

Because of Lavar Ball’s intriguing comments, the Ball family is getting a lot of eyes. It’s not just the Los Angeles rookie Lonzo Ball the media is talking about. The media is also now all over Lonzo’s younger brothers, LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball. LiAngelo and LaMelo are currently playing for the Lithuanian team Prienu Vytautas. […]

Los Angeles Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball took some time to troll his younger brother LaMelo, as the latter missed a rather ambitious attempt at pulling off an alley-oop to himself off the backboard. Okay @MELOD1P grabbing rim now I see you 😂 HA https://t.co/0Q7WiUSBDl — Lonzo Ball (@ZO2_) January 15, 2018 LaMelo Ball tries […]

Saturday night did not turn out as planned for LaVar Ball and his sons, LiAngelo and LaMelo, who both played their first competitive game in Lithuania’s professional league. After combining for 29 points in the previous exhibition game, the two were held scoreless on the night, where they only saw a total of 14 minutes […]

LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball both made their professional debut for Prienu Vytautas, who agreed to play in a series of Big Baller Brand games geared to open playing time for the brothers as well as to bring some funds to the teams. The Ball family has been the center of controversy at just about […]

There has been plenty of buzz surrounding the professional basketball debuts of LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball. Although their signing with Vytautas in Lithuania has come under much scrutiny, the Ball’s seem to be all-in on their new venture. The youngest Ball wasted no time in making his presence felt with a filthy no-look pass during the […]

LaMelo and LiAngelo Ball, sons of outspoken father LaVar and brothers of Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo, are scheduled to make their debuts with Lithuanian team, Vytautas. Jeff Goodman is one of ESPN’s representatives in Lithuania covering the Ball family. Goodman reports about Vytautas head coach’s comments before the Ball brothers’ anticipated debut: Vytautas coach […]

The Big Baller Brand is getting bigger, more baller, and more branded. In lieu of playing in a less-competitive Lithuanian league, LaVar Ball found a way to get his sons, LiAngelo and LaMelo, more playing time in the foreign country, per Jeff Goodman of ESPN. Prienu Vytautas, the Lithuanian team that signed LiAngelo and LaMelo […]

LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball are now officially international basketball professionals after joining a Lithuanian basketball team some time ago. But apparently, the Ball brothers, excluding Lonzo, have different priorities that don’t only have to do with basketball. The entire Ball family has their own reality show, “Ball in the Family,” which follows the brothers and […]

Vytautas Prienai presented jerseys to three Balls during their introductory press conference. One for LiAngelo, one for LaMelo and one for…LaVar? The Big Baller Brand founder and CEO was also given a jersey of the Lithuanian club team bearing the same jersey number he used when he played football for the New York Jets. Ball […]

The Ball frenzy has officially hit Lituania in full force. This continued on Friday when the two youngest brothers, LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball, were introduced during their first press conference as members of the professional club Vytautas Prienu with the Lithuanian media. During the press conference, a female Lithuanian reporter by the name of […]

Big Baller Brand might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but there is always business to be done and money to be made, regardless of how controversial it may be. CEO LaVar Ball is always in the news usually talking about the next venture he is planning and most of the time that includes his […]

LaVar Ball is off to Lithuania along with his two sons, LiAngelo and LaMelo, who are set to join up with their new team, Prienai-Birstonas Vytautas. But according to LaVar, his two youngest sons will only be in Lithuania to dominate for less than a couple of years before they return stateside to join their […]

For Lithuanian professional team Prienu Vytautas, the new year marks the start of exciting times mainly brought about by the arrival of LaMelo and LiAngelo Ball to their fold. The two are already expected to see action for the team next week and their coach can’t wait to have them wear their colors. Virginijus Seskus […]