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One day after he abruptly removed his middle son from UCLA, LaVar Ball
began his quest to prepare LiAngelo for next year�s NBA draft.
Within hours came a sobering reminder that plan is probably just a pie-in-the-sky fantasy.
Among the overseas professional clubs that a representative for the
Ball family approached about signing 19-year-old LiAngelo and his
16-year-old brother LaMelo is Lietkabelis of the Lithuanian Basketball
League, general manager Mantas Ignatavicius confirmed Tuesday to Yahoo
Sports. Lietkabelis coach Arturs Stalbergs subsequently scoffed at the
idea in a since-deleted tweet that poked fun at LiAngelo�s shoplifting
arrest in China last month.
�We have an opening at the security staff since they have an
experience in this field,� Stalbergs wrote.
The tweet from Stalbergs reflects the discrepancy between how LaVar
touts LiAngelo and how scouts actually see him. LaVar has repeatedly
described LiAngelo as a one-and-done talent and a future NBA player,
but evaluators familiar with his game are skeptical that he�ll even be
able to latch on with a first-division team in Europe, let alone join
older brother Lonzo with the Los Angeles Lakers.
A Division I coach who scouted LiAngelo in high school said Tuesday
that he projected him as a small-ball power forward at a mid-major
program had UCLA not taken him as part of a package deal with his
brothers. An NBA scout familiar with LiAngelo�s game echoed that,
pegging him as �a mid-major type player� ill-prepared for professional basketball.
�No young players, with the exception of the occasional DeAndre Ayton
or Luka Doncic, are good enough to succeed in the top division
overseas or in the G League at 18 or 19 years old,� the NBA scout
said. �LiAngelo could probably play third division in Spain, France or
Germany. I doubt that�s what he has in mind.�
https://sports.yahoo.com/neither-nba-teams-top-european-clubs-likely-want-liangelo-ball-011649949.html
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