Report: LaMelo, LiAngelo Ball Sign One-Year Contracts With Lithuanian Team
Dec 11, 2017, 12:00 AM | Updated: Jan 4, 2019, 11:21 am
CHINO, CA - SEPTEMBER 02: (L-R) Lonzo Ball, LaMelo Ball, LiAngelo Ball and LaVar Ball attend Melo Ball's 16th Birthday on September 2, 2017 in Chino, California. (Photo by Joshua Blanchard/Getty Images for Crosswalk Productions )
(Photo by Joshua Blanchard/Getty Images for Crosswalk Productions )
(Photo by Joshua Blanchard/Getty Images for Crosswalk Productions )
After being suspended indefinitely by UCLA for shoplifting in China, ultimately landing him in jail, LiAngelo Ball has signed a one-year contract across seas along with his brother, LaMelo, with Lithuanian team Vytautas.
Shams Charania of The Vertical tweeted the news Monday afternoon.
Sources: LaMelo and LiAngelo Ball have turned pro, signing one-year contracts with first division Lithuanian team Vytautas. They will report to the club in early January.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 11, 2017
The two Ball brothers should join their team and begin their first professional campaign, in early January.
Vytautas is currently seeded seventh among ten teams in the Lithuanian LKL League. It is based in Prienai, a city with an estimated population of 10,000.
