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LiAngelo, LaMelo Ball reportedly close to signing with Lithuanian team

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LaVar Ball has said that his sons LiAngelo and LaMelo plan to play professional basketball overseas, and it appears the Ball brothers are on the verge of signing with a team.

Adrian Wojnarowski and Jonathan Givony of ESPN reported on Monday that LiAngelo and LaMelo are in “serious discussions” to sign with Lithuanian club Prienu Vytautas.

As Givony notes, not many American players have played for Prienu Vytautas in the past. The team is based in a very small town in Lithuania, and salaries for players are not very high.

LaVar Ball pulled his 16-year-old son LaMelo out of high school in Chino Hills, Calif., last month and then had LiAngelo, 19, quit the UCLA basketball team more recently. The elder Ball explained that LiAngelo only went to UCLA to play basketball, and he felt his suspension from his shoplifting incident in China was dragging out too long.

We have already seen one Lithuanian basketball coach take a shot at the Ball family, so it will be interesting to see if the deal is finalized.

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