LiAngelo Robert Ball is an American basketball player for the Detroit Pistons. He is the son of former NBA star Lonzo Ball and the brother of current NBA guard LaMela Ball. Ball and his brothers have attracted national attention since playing together in high school. He decided to forgo college basketball after being suspended for shoplifting in China before the 2017–18 season.
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LiAngelo Robert Ball is an American basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association. Ball played for Chino Hills High School in California, where he won a state championship and achieved national success as a junior with his brothers Lonzo, and LaMelo. A three-star recruit and UCLA signee, he decided to forgo college basketball after being suspended for shoplifting in China before the 2017–18 season. In turn, Ball signed with Lithuanian professional team Prienai. He later played in the Junior Basketball Association before joining the G League at the end of 2019–20. Ball and his brothers have attracted national attention since playing together in high school. His father, LaVar, also grew into a media personality in 2017. Ball has a signature shoe by his father’s company, Big Baller Brand, and a role on his family’s Facebook Watch reality show Ball in the Family. He started working out and training by age four and first competed with both of his brothers, Lonzo and La Melo, at age six.
As a seven-year-old, he also began playing flag football with hisBrothers. Ball was also a first-team All-State and honorable mention All-American selection by MaxPreps. In addition, he was named All-Area Player of the Year by The San Bernardino Sun Valley Daily Bulletin and The San Diego Union-Tribune. He is also a member of the Big Ballers VXT, an Amateur Athletic Union under-17 team created by their father and coached by both parents. Ball is the son of former NBA star Lonzo Ball and the brother of current NBA guard LaMela Ball. He has a younger sister, Lauryn, who is a junior at Loyola Marymount University. He also has a cousin, Andre Ball, who plays for the University of California, Los Angeles. He was named a McDonald’s All-America honorable mention selection by The New York Times and The Washington Post. He played with his brother Lonzo on the team that won the 2014 CIF Southern Section Open Division championship.
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