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LaVar Ball sends his sons to play in LITHUANIA after pulling them both out of school [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | December 12, 2017 | Staff

Posted on 12/12/2017 6:41:02 AM PST by C19fan

The two youngest sons of LaVar Ball will play with a professional basketball team in Lithuania for one year. LiAngelo Ball, 19, and LaMelo Ball, 16, have signed a one-year contract with Prienai Vytautas in the Lithuanian Basketball League, The Vertical reports. The brothers will begin their international careers in January.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: basketball; nba
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1 posted on 12/12/2017 6:41:02 AM PST by C19fan
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They better keep their noses clean over there, Lithuanians aren’t exactly very welcoming of the hood types.


2 posted on 12/12/2017 6:42:04 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: C19fan

I’m getting confused with all these Balls bouncing all over the place.


3 posted on 12/12/2017 6:43:18 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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Right!?! No more shoplifting. I am pretty sure POTUS will NOT interfere with their prosecution in a foreign country.


4 posted on 12/12/2017 6:43:38 AM PST by NEMDF
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Say goodbye to the NBA.


5 posted on 12/12/2017 6:43:51 AM PST by Fai Mao (I still want to see The PIAPS in prison)
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To: C19fan

If (when?) they get locked up over there, I trust Trump will not lift a finger to help them out.

Sorry “Dad”...Air Force One is STILL not available to thugs...(well, since Obama left, anyway).


6 posted on 12/12/2017 6:45:30 AM PST by FrankR (On the knees is not a good place to be...a man on the knees is only half a man.....)
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When they get busted over there, they be on their own.


7 posted on 12/12/2017 6:46:18 AM PST by Howie66 ("Tone down the tagline please." - Admin Moderator)
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I strongly suggest that when LiAngelo is in a store that he keep his hands in his pockets. Trump may not be inclined to intervene a second time.


8 posted on 12/12/2017 6:46:19 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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I did that years ago. Nascar, too. Now the NFL.

I find that my free time can be used for really fun stuff. Woodworking. Gardening. Putting rounds down range.


9 posted on 12/12/2017 6:48:30 AM PST by Howie66 ("Tone down the tagline please." - Admin Moderator)
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If they pull that stunt again Europe is more forgiving than Asia. Dad did the right thing. UCLA doesn’t need the embarrassment-niether does the family.


10 posted on 12/12/2017 6:50:27 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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The normal trajectory for these kids:

LiAngelo would serve out his suspension at UCLA, get a great education from one of the best schools in the nation, play with the Bruins for three or four years and move on to a very profitable journeyman career in the NBA.

LaMelo would finish high school, go on to UCLA (where he had a guaranteed scholarship), play for a year and then go in the first round of the NBA draft, with a big money contract.

Instead, due to their father's arrogance, they will be struggling to find playing time in some village in Eastern Europe on an obscure team filled with grown men who mostly don't speak English. LiAngelo will likely never play in the NBA now, and LaMelo's path to the NBA is not obvious.

At some point, it's time to say "Dad, I love and respect you, and I can't express how grateful I am to you, but I'll run my life now."
11 posted on 12/12/2017 6:51:37 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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I don’t know what the heck you can shop-lift out of Prienai, Lithuania. They don’t even have a Wal-Mart. It’s a town of 9,800.


12 posted on 12/12/2017 6:57:21 AM PST by pepsionice
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This father is hurting his sons. It’s all about him. He appears to be a typical destructive narcissist. What’s mom saying?


13 posted on 12/12/2017 6:58:22 AM PST by neverevergiveup
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Pulling the 16 year old out of school for a long-shot chance at pro ball is doing him no good whatsoever.


14 posted on 12/12/2017 6:58:44 AM PST by BBQToadRibs
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To: C19fan

It appears the Balls...have no balls!!!


15 posted on 12/12/2017 6:58:50 AM PST by ontap
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Right. So looking at your sound summary, what possible motive or reason is there for LaVar Ball to do this? Are there any positives in this or is this Dad’s way of just telling everyone to stuff it... at the expense of his children?


16 posted on 12/12/2017 6:59:52 AM PST by Obadiah
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Why are the Lithuanians wasting time with these clowns?


17 posted on 12/12/2017 7:00:42 AM PST by thecodont
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

LiAngelo Ball was on no one’s draft list. He is not going to be drafted.


18 posted on 12/12/2017 7:04:34 AM PST by GSWarrior
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They’ll have a marketable skill when they return home, fluency in Lithuanian.


19 posted on 12/12/2017 7:05:05 AM PST by Ciexyz (I'm conservative & traditionalist, a nationalist and patriot.)
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To: thecodont

Why do people go to zoos?


20 posted on 12/12/2017 7:05:18 AM PST by VietVet876
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