![]() In his junior season, Ball played with both of his brothers, Lonzo and LaMelo. After the season, on April 21, he verbally committed to play college basketball for UCLA. His team lost at the CIF State Division I championship game. At the end of the season, Ball was sidelined for four games with an ankle sprain but returned for the playoffs. In December 2014, Ball scored 53 points in a 111–80 win over Dorsey High School. On September 14, he scored 35 points with seven three-point field goals to win the Ron Massey Memorial Fall Hoops Classic. He suffered a foot injury before the season and missed a tournament at Fairfax High School in June 2014. As a sophomore, Ball was teammates with his brother, Lonzo, and his cousin, Andre Ball. Chino Hills fell in overtime to Centennial High School at the Southern California Regional Division I final. Ball helped Chino Hills reach its first-ever CIF Southern Section Open Division championship game. As a freshman, he started alongside his older brother, Lonzo. ![]() High school career Freshman and sophomore seasons īall played basketball for four years at Chino Hills High School in Chino Hills, California. On the basketball court, LiAngelo grew up playing with his brothers on Big Ballers VXT, an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) under-17 team created by their father and coached by both parents. While Lonzo was a quarterback, LiAngelo and LaMelo caught passes. As a seven-year-old, he also began playing flag football with his brothers. He started working out and training by age four and first competed with both of his brothers, Lonzo and LaMelo, at age six. In his childhood, Ball often played basketball against older opponents, facing teams of fourth and fifth-graders while in kindergarten. His father later played professional football as a tight end for the London Monarchs of the World League of American Football. Tina, who stands 6-feet (1.83 m), also played with the latter school. LaVar, who stands 6-foot-6 (1.98 m), played for Washington State and Cal State Los Angeles. ![]() 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.īall is the second son of LaVar and Tina (née Slatinsky) Ball, who are both former college basketball players. His father, LaVar, also grew into a media personality in 2017. Ball joined the Greensboro Swarm in 2021.īall and his brothers have attracted national attention since playing together in high school. He was briefly signed to the Detroit Pistons in late 2020, but was waived prior to the start of the 2020–21 season. He later played in the Junior Basketball Association (JBA), a league founded by his father, before joining the G League at the end of 2019–20. In turn, Ball signed with Lithuanian professional team Prienai. 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. 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, who are both current NBA guards. ![]() LiAngelo Robert Ball (born November 24, 1998) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League. ![]()
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