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LaVar Ball says he isn't "going to waste (his) time no more," officially pulls his kids out of Lithuania

by: Jack Pilgrim04/26/18
The Big Baller Lithuanian Experience has officially come to a close. According to Lithuanian basketball reporter Donatas Urbonas, LaVar Ball will be pulling his kids out of the BC Vytautas program and are headed back to the states. https://twitter.com/Urbodo/status/989172099678908416?tfw_creator=ForTheWin&tfw_site=forthewin&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fftw.usatoday.com%2F2018%2F04%2Flavar-lamelo-liangelo-ball-coach-lithuania-pulling-vytautas-reason-stats-issues-nba Ball told Urbonas that he and his two sons weren't going to "waste their time" anymore, and they will be leaving this weekend. https://twitter.com/Urbodo/status/989172815541800962 According to Urbonas, Ball decided to shut down LiAngelo Ball to "prepare better for NBA draft combine, pre-draft camps and so on." Mind you, LiAngelo averaged 12.6 points, three rebounds, and less than an assist per game on 42-percent from the field. He was a mediocre college basketball prospect to start with, and didn't do himself any favors playing in Lithuania. He already had little-to-no NBA Draft stock, and anything he did have his down the drain now. Back in December, ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted, "Ex-UCLA freshman LiAngelo Ball has no chance that he'll be drafted in June — and that was true before his shoplifting incident in China. "He's not on any of our scouting lists — even the extended lists," one GM told ESPN." He isn't sniffing an NBA roster. As for LaMelo, he was seen as the second-best brother, and arguably the best scorer out of all the Ball Bros. He had at least some interest from NBA scouts in the past, but his 6.5 points, 2.4 assists, and one rebound a game on 27-percent shooting and 25-percent from three did him no favors. He's still 16 years old and has time to improve, but these two have G-League/long-term overseas written all over them. Balls to Lithuania: 2017-2018 Gone but never forgotten.

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