Lonzo and his brother Chuck Cunningham and his other brother Chuck Cunningham

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Or for his entire career because I doubt he will play in the NBA.
He should just head to Europe or China and get used to it. His dad can talk about how he is better than whoever is going to be in the draft each year, and how LiAngelo is almost ready to come over, blah, blah. Except when no one wants him, LaVar can just blame it on his contract escape clauses, etc. It's just what the dad loves, a chance to make wild claims without ever having to back them up.
 

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Will make for a nice chapter in the 30 for 30. Poor kid. He really is the Jan Brady of the bunch. Hope Lonzo shares his money.
Kareem decried the Ferrari that LiAngelo was driving around UCLA. I don't believe that Lavar's 2.2 PPG at WSU resulted in him having the cash to buy that ride for LiAngelo. Lonzo is supporting the whole family.
 

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LaVar is a fool

Maybe he's playing the long grift. LiAngelo doesn't get drafted, then LaVar sues the NBA and tries to wheedle some settlement cash out of them. Lonzo has enough skill so that LaVar could monetize it. LiAngelo not so much.
 

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Not surprising that NBA GMs don't even have him on the extended list given it was an open secret that UCLA only offerred him a scholarship to get the other 2.
 

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Not surprising that NBA GMs don't even have him on the extended list given it was an open secret that UCLA only offerred him a scholarship to get the other 2.
I mean, Lakers might throw him a G League bone but that’s about it. Lonzo has talent so you deal with the BS. Literally no reason to deal with LaVar when his kid sucks.
 

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I mean, Lakers might throw him a G League bone but that’s about it. Lonzo has talent so you deal with the BS. Literally no reason to deal with LaVar when his kid sucks.
As documented on the last page of this thread the Lakers are already having difficulty with LaVar now. Unless you think that Lonzo is the second coming of Magic (note: he isn't) they want to minimize their attachment to the Ball family, not add to it.

No chance that LiAngelo has any sort of involvement with the Lakers.
 

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JR Smith once got his brother on the Knick’s summer league team. I think one scout described him as “the worst player in the history of the summer league.”
 

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https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-lamelo-liangelo-ball-exploring-options-play-professionally-overseas-030107550.html

LaMelo and LiAngelo Ball have started to explore options to sign internationally, sources told Yahoo Sports.

LiAngelo Ball and UCLA parted ways officially on Monday, which marked the start of his preparation for his professional basketball career. Harrison Gaines, the representative for LaMelo, 16, and LiAngelo, 19, started initial contact with overseas teams this week, sources told Yahoo Sports.

For LaMelo and LiAngelo, the decision to turn pro means the end of their prospective collegiate careers. LaMelo Ball had previously committed to UCLA.
 

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In some countries, but even in those they're way under-saturated in that regard.

Olympiacos has 3, Tel Aviv has 3 (plus 4 more dual-citizens), Russia team Khimki has 6 on the roster.
 
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Smart move. LiAngelo and LaMelo are probably never going to be at the level of SLMVPLB but I can see them racking up Lonzo Ball's overseas.
 

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LaVar Ball said his oldest son, Los Angeles Lakers rookie point guard Lonzo Ball, is "disgusted" with how the team has been playing. And the outspoken father blamed the Lakers' recent struggles on how the coaching staff has been utilizing his son.
"The Lakers should build around Lonzo," LaVar Ball said. "Why are they sitting him down and not starting him the fourth quarter? This is why the record is raggedy."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/lakers/2017/12/06/lavar-ball-bashes-lakers-coaching-staff-not-using-lonzo-ball-effectively/926297001/
 

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Look, I've been accused of a lot of things, but reading ESPN?! I bite my thumb at you, sir.

(To be fair, it was an easy pun to make so I wouldn't be surprised if others made it.)
I was going to say that someone else on SoSH *did*, a few weeks ago in V&N, but it turns out it was you. Kudos.
 

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LaMelo is only 16, can he actually sign with a pro team in Europe?

I don't know what the rules are in basketball, but in soccer, no foreigner can sign a deal with a team over there until he's 18 (unless he can get an EU passport).
 

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LaMelo is only 16, can he actually sign with a pro team in Europe?

I don't know what the rules are in basketball, but in soccer, no foreigner can sign a deal with a team over there until he's 18 (unless he can get an EU passport).
It's not actively illegal in most European countries. And I don't think FIBA has had the issue FIFA has with conmen defrauding families across vast swathes of West Africa claiming to be able to hook young players up with trials at Real Madrid or Manchester City.
 

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That's incredible. How can you screw this up? Lavar's a dad and had an improbable, incredible chance to see all three of his sons play basically in his backyard. Now he'll need a plane to see them. His wife must be furious and, I'd bet, that when the noise settles at night and Lavar's alone in his thoughts, he knows he's royally torched this dream.
 

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That's incredible. How can you screw this up? Lavar's a dad and had an improbable, incredible chance to see all three of his sons play basically in his backyard. Now he'll need a plane to see them. His wife must be furious and, I'd bet, that when the noise settles at night and Lavar's alone in his thoughts, he knows he's royally torched this dream.
From a distance, the Ball household does not look like one where Mrs. Ball's opinion counts for much.
 

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LaMelo is only 16, can he actually sign with a pro team in Europe?

I don't know what the rules are in basketball, but in soccer, no foreigner can sign a deal with a team over there until he's 18 (unless he can get an EU passport).
Former NBA player Andrei Kirilenko played professionally in Russia when he was 15.
 

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Former NBA player Andrei Kirilenko played professionally in Russia when he was 15.
Kirilenko himself was Russian, while the rules in question (which I don't know whether they're applicable to basketball) are for foreigners.
 

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That's incredible. How can you screw this up? Lavar's a dad and had an improbable, incredible chance to see all three of his sons play basically in his backyard. Now he'll need a plane to see them. His wife must be furious and, I'd bet, that when the noise settles at night and Lavar's alone in his thoughts, he knows he's royally torched this dream.
That was never LaVar's dream. LaVar's dream was to build the next Nike brand, using his sons as ambassadors. If they have to play in China to fulfill LaVar's wishes, then oh well.

This has nothing to do with the best interests of the kids. This is LaVar's ego project.
 

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Someone just tweeted a short vid showing a huge line in NYC for a pop up where LaVar will be selling/signing. That just depresses me -- what is it with idiot blowhards that seems to work these days?
 

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So Woj had a podcast w/ Jon Givony last week and both seemed to agree that outside of the small chance of a publicity stunt none of the big Euro leagues were going to be interested in the Brothers Ball. Givony suggested Japan, which he said is "a Mickey Mouse league where everyone shoots 30 times a game the pay is good and they look for flashy advertising.

LiAngelo loses nothing, but LaMelo some people though had maybe NBA potential down the road. Right now it looks like Lonzo is gonna have 2 guys to carry his bags and make dinner reservations instead of one.