LiAngelo Robert Ball, born on the 24th of November 1998, is an American professional basketball player who is a member of the Greensboro Swarm in the NBA G League. Ball was a player at Chino Hills High School, California. He was the winner of the state championship in his junior year and was a part of the national team along with his brothers Lonzo and LaMelo who are both NBA guards. After being suspended for a time in China for shoplifting, the young ball became a member of UCLA as a three-star recruit. Ball joined Prienai an elite Lithuanian basketball team. He later played in the Junior Basketball Association (JBA) which was founded by his father, before entering the G League at the end of the 2019-20 season. In the latter half of 2020, he was signed briefly by the Detroit Pistons but was released before the start of the 2020-21 season. Ball joined the Greensboro Swarm in 2021.Ball and his brothers have attracted national attention since playing together at high school. In 2017, his father LaVar became a media celebrity. Ball has a shoe that is exclusive by his father's company, Big Baller Brand, and a role in the family's Facebook Watch reality show Ball in the Family.Early lifeBall is the second son of LaVar and Tina (nee Slatinsky) Ball both of whom were basketball players at the college level. LaVar is 6'6 (1.98m) and played for Washington State as well as Cal State Los Angeles. Tina, who is 6-feet (1.83m) also played for the school as well. His father was a professional football as a tight end with the London Monarchs of American Football.
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