Posted on 02/06/2018 5:31:29 PM PST by Eddie01
LaMelo and LiAngelo Ball didn't start for Vytautas in the team's 118-96 loss to Zalgiris on Sunday, and unsurprisingly, LaVar Ball wasn't happy about it.
The players' father discussed his disappointment with head coach Virginijus Seskus, per Lithuanian journalist Donatas Urbonas:
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The American duo combined for 44 points in the defeat to the defending league champions.
LiAngelo led all scorers with 25 points, while LaMelo added 19 points and six assists.
Unfortunately, the team continued to struggle, with its ninth straight loss dropping it to 4-18 on the season, worst in the league. While Vytautas was successful against lower-level competition during the Big Baller Brand Challenge, it hasn't been against LKL opponents.
Ain't that a shame.
I was wondering why a Lithuanian team would have anything to do with this freak show. It’s because they were already the worst in their league. Desperation breeds strange decisions.
Maybe Trump should send Air Force 1 over there to pick um LaVar’s Balls.
When will the Balls get dropped in Europe?
Maybe LaVar should bring his boys home and find a good college for...Oh wait
LaVar needs to send the kids to Gypsy school to hone their boosting skillz.
My Dad said he traded me to the gypsies for a three legged cat.
He said the gypsies brought me back the next day and put a curse on him.
Yabuut, did he get you set out straight in the end?
Amazing, he takes his boys over there and starts whining 5 minutes later.
Maybe the coach started real men and not prima donnas with their daddies there?
BLM!
I always liked that metal thing he had over his face to see in the series.
Wondered if having that metal piece over his eyes ever typecasted him from roles.
/s
Regarding the other two who were involved, I believed they made the right decision...
UCLA freshmen Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, who were suspended indefinitely along with LiAngelo Ball after being arrested for shoplifting in China just days before the Bruins’ 2017-18 opener, will not play the remainder of the season.
“Since returning from China, they have done everything asked of them and continued to work hard in the classroom and in their own personal workouts,” UCLA coach Steve Alford said in a statement Friday. “I’ve told our players all along that actions have consequences, and the season-long suspension shows how seriously we take their misconduct. Though they will not suit up for games or travel with the team, I look forward to their return after the Christmas holiday. I am confident that they will make significant contributions to the university moving forward.”
LiAngelo Ball left UCLA earlier this month when his father, LaVar Ball, pulled him from the school. LiAngelo is slated to play professionally in Lithuania along with his brother LaMelo.
Both Riley and Hill will not be allowed to travel with the Bruins or suit up for home games, but they will be able to practice and participate in meetings beginning Tuesday.
“While we acknowledge the difficulties that both Cody and Jalen have faced since returning to campus, we also know that their actions in China were contrary to the values of UCLA and harmful to both the university and our basketball program,” Dan Guerrero, the Bruins’ athletic director, said in a statement. “As members of the Bruin family, it is our responsibility to help them grow from this situation. We will continue to support them as students, as athletes and as young men, and we hope that they will use this as a learning experience.”
The only way I’d want those clowns on my team is if Bobby Knight was my Head Coach.
Pretty soon, they won’t even be wanted in D-league.
In that short time that I lived with the gypsies, they taught me many things.
They taught me how to cook a three minute egg in a minute and 42 seconds.
They taught me how to play the violin so that people cried. Some screamed, but most cried.
They taught me how to read people’s fortunes in the table leaves. They weren’t the smartest band of gypsies.
Dropped? Worse, the Balls may have to be cut!
Shocking isn't it?!
Oh, the lessons my Dad taught me.
A bird in the hand, will probably crap on your shoe.
Women are like a bus. She won’t miss you with that pistol.
Red sky at night.....sailor’s delight. Red sky at morning....you forgot to blow out the candle.
I treasure these things in my heart.
I’m glad to hear Riley and Hill are facing this like adults and are doing well and the Bruin coach is encouraging them to face the facts.
I believe what LaVar did with his two sons, the younger one still in high school is criminal or maybe one step above it.
As I understand it neither can play for a college team now that they’ve started playing in Lithuania as professionals.
LaVar is a sorry excuse for a father in my view.
Sounds like maybe I should consult with him regarding your progress....
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