Lonzo Ball

BigSkyCatinMT · Post by **BigSkyCatinMT** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 2:01 pm

Merkin wrote:
Longhorned wrote:Does the kid have any say? If my dad pulled me from college, I'd point to my scholarship and tell him to F off.
Actually they don't. Parents need to sign the NLI unless the player is 21 or over.

But once he's already in school? As is the case?

Mtz

BigSkyCatinMT · Post by **BigSkyCatinMT** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 2:04 pm

Maybe Danny Ocean could use a getaway driver...oh wait, he's fictional. Gelo is not.

TatetheGreat · Post by **TatetheGreat** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 2:09 pm

LaVar is the quintessential over-involved helicopter sports dad, only a million times more obnoxious, arrogant, and self-aggrandizing. His parenting skills consist of enabling, encouraging, and rewarding bad behavior and deflecting blame from anyone in his orbit. A really toxic personality I hope disappears as soon as possible.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 2:16 pm

BigSkyCatinMT wrote:
Merkin wrote:
Longhorned wrote:Does the kid have any say? If my dad pulled me from college, I'd point to my scholarship and tell him to F off.
Actually they don't. Parents need to sign the NLI unless the player is 21 or over.
But once he's already in school? As is the case?

Mtz

Good point! I stand corrected. And great to see you Mtz

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 3:00 pm

He was a scholarship athlete, so does UCLA ask for their investment back? Or would they rather write it off than deal with Lavar?

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:00 pm

Perfect

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:05 pm

MrBug708 wrote:Perfect

Pretty amazing

Greatest college stat line ever: 1 steal, zero games played

BigSkyCatinMT · Post by **BigSkyCatinMT** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:16 pm

SCCats wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:Perfect
Pretty amazing

Greatest college stat line ever: 1 steal, zero games played

I believe he recorded 3 steals.

BigSkyCatinMT · Post by **BigSkyCatinMT** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:18 pm

Merkin wrote:

BigSkyCatinMT wrote:
Merkin wrote:
Longhorned wrote:Does the kid have any say? If my dad pulled me from college, I'd point to my scholarship and tell him to F off.
Actually they don't. Parents need to sign the NLI unless the player is 21 or over.

Still around;

Dave

Coop Cat · Post by **Coop Cat** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:55 pm

Alford has to be doing cartwheels regarding this news.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 6:58 pm

TatetheGreat wrote:Gelo's not good enough to play in Europe and he's probably banned from entering China. His basketball career is over.

Definitely good enough for a full ride at UCLA, though.

Heh!

RichardCranium · Post by **RichardCranium** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 9:14 pm

Beachcat97 wrote:
TatetheGreat wrote:Gelo's not good enough to play in Europe and he's probably banned from entering China. His basketball career is over.
Definitely good enough for a full ride at UCLA, though.

Heh!

Yeah, well, Australia still has a pretty good league. Not Euro quality, but probably better than China as far as quality of play though not pay.

And I remember a former A$$U player who came to Oz and flamed out like a candle in front of a fire hydrant. Gelo couldn't do any worse could he (yeah probably).

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Thu Dec 07, 2017 10:46 am

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Thu Dec 07, 2017 10:58 am

Dad is ruining their future, wow.

And all for what? Vanity?

When they are coaching some league someday I wonder if they'll find it in their heart to forgive pops. I wouldn't...

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Thu Dec 07, 2017 10:58 am

And lonzo isn't better than curry at the moment. Lol

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:19 am

BigSkyCatinMT · Post by **BigSkyCatinMT** » Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:35 am

Should we pick which country they play in?? I'll go first. Turkey.

Hope Gelo can keep from having his right hand chopped off. He can't play the trump card again, can he?

BigSkyCatinMT · Post by **BigSkyCatinMT** » Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:39 am

LaVar picked up his Balls and went home. Poor UCLA and Chino...

BBQ wildcat · Post by **BBQ wildcat** » Thu Dec 07, 2017 12:02 pm

I suspect most at UCLA are breathing a big sigh of relief.

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Thu Dec 07, 2017 12:09 pm

If LaVar Ball's narcissism is anything like the You-Know-Who-in-Chief's, he picked up and got out right before the FBI nailed him in the bribery investigation.

This guy is the most skeevy pimp of undergraduate basketball players since Landon "Sonny" Cox.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:08 am

Can't wait from Trump to respond to this.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:42 pm

They are going to Lithuania.

I really feel bad for these kids. This is child abuse and I'm even kidding. Lavar is ruining their lives and all the kids are so quiet.... I'm fairly certain they are all scared to death of him. Is the mom still very ill? Is there any other family member that could step in?

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:43 pm

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:50 pm

Merkin wrote:

That's what they needed. Release from the authoritarian regime of Steve Alford (and China).

splitsecond · Post by **splitsecond** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 5:04 pm

Alieberman wrote:They are going to Lithuania.

I really feel bad for these kids. This is child abuse and I'm even kidding. Lavar is ruining their lives and all the kids are so quiet.... I'm fairly certain they are all scared to death of him. Is the mom still very ill? Is there any other family member that could step in?

Well LiAngelo is an adult and could have chosen to stay at UCLA but he was never going to be league material so may as well go earn something now.

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 8:39 am

I would say over under on how many weeks they last there is 4. I've been to Lithuania a couple times; Vilnius is great. But going to live in a village in the winter time? Good luck with that.

Ball brothers picked 'worst possible place,' says American who played in Lithuania

When he learned where LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball will be playing pro basketball this season, Ben Brust couldn’t help but chuckle.

The former Wisconsin guard isn’t optimistic two pampered teenagers from sun-splashed Southern California will make a smooth transition to a club based in a remotely located, snow-covered town in Lithuania.

“I think they’ll last a month maximum,” Brust said. “It seems like the worst possible place they could have picked.”

In Oct. 2016, Brust signed with BC Pieno Zvaigždės of the Lithuanian League six months after helping lead Wisconsin to the Final Four and a few days after the Milwaukee Bucks cut him during training camp. The culture shock he experienced during his lone season in Lithuania left him more homesick than he expected.

Hardly anyone in the 7,500-person village of Pasvalys spoke English. Restaurants typically only served traditional Lithuanian dishes unrecognizable to Brust. He and American teammates Michael Dixon Jr. and Alex Oriakhi had to drive 30 to 40 minutes to the nearest big city to find a mall, a grocery store or restaurants that offered American fare.

Only the premier teams in Europe can afford the charter flights and high-end hotels that major-conference American college teams take for granted. Brust’s team bused or ferried to games in Latvia, Estonia and Finland and saved money by staying in bargain hotels.

“My American teammates and I would literally count down the days until we got back to America,” Brust said. “It was always cold and dark. There are only like 5 or 6 hours of sunlight every day, and you’re in a gym for half of it. It’s a good basketball league, but there are plenty of other places in Europe that I would much prefer to live.”

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/ball-broth ... 33839.html" target="_blank

BigSkyCatinMT · Post by **BigSkyCatinMT** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 1:38 pm

Welcome to Lithuania,
Welcome to Lithuania,
Welcome to Lithuania...

The new home of the younger Balls!

Hey, if the coach doesn't play them, is it because he scratched his Balls?

MountainCat · Post by **MountainCat** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 1:45 pm

If the Balls play a game in a Lithuania Forest, did it really happen?

BigSkyCatinMT · Post by **BigSkyCatinMT** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 11:23 pm

Do they still pay their players in cigarettes in the Lithuanion league?

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sat Dec 16, 2017 5:33 pm

Blast from the past!

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Sun Dec 17, 2017 12:29 pm

The last time we had gradient free uniforms. What a time to be alive.

BigSkyCatinMT · Post by **BigSkyCatinMT** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 11:37 pm

If you think that UCLA is glad to be rid of the Balls, think again. Why else would they print admission tickets with 0 minute LiAngelo's image for an upcoming game??

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Tue Dec 19, 2017 9:43 am

BigSkyCatinMT wrote:If you think that UCLA is glad to be rid of the Balls, think again. Why else would they print admission tickets with 0 minute LiAngelo's image for an upcoming game??

Because they are done in the offseason..

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Tue Dec 19, 2017 10:32 am

BigSkyCatinMT wrote:Do they still pay their players in cigarettes in the Lithuanion league?

also, blue jeans and motley crue cassette tapes.

UofAlum05 · Post by **UofAlum05** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 1:32 pm

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 1:35 pm

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2170 ... t-kobe-era" target="_blank

This is an interesting read about Lonzo. It says a lot about modern basketball valuation too.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 1:59 pm

UofAlum05 wrote:

Lol.

That kids is a shyster.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 7:04 pm

Just wait until the NBA repeals the one and done. Then what?

Bangkok Wildcat · Post by **Bangkok Wildcat** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:56 pm

Lonzo looks like a good kid but DAMN, I can’t help rooting against the rest of the Ball Men. Still too early to see what kind of character Melo has but he doesn’t come off that well in their reality show.

Sadly, I admit I watched it and even had a change of heart on Lavar till his unbelievably ungrateful attitude towards his kid shoplifting, getting the luckiest bail out of all time, and ruining Gelo’s incredible opportunity at UCLA to get a free, high quality education when his Pro possibilities are all but non-existent.

Wish ESPN and others would stop this love-fest on Lavar.....such a poor example of a good parenting lately IMHO.

TucsonClip · Post by **TucsonClip** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:14 pm

If anyone is selling Lonzo stock, ill swoop it up.

Say what you will about his jumper, its not broken IMO, and it will be addressed this summer. But, he has been night and day better defensively than I imagined. IQ, quick rotations, can body and wall off drives, has the size and strength to hold his ground, not to mention the 2.4 stocks (steal+blocks). Actually, he and Wall are the only PGs averaging at least a block and a steal per game.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Fri Dec 22, 2017 10:32 am

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Fri Dec 22, 2017 10:38 am

TucsonClip wrote:If anyone is selling Lonzo stock, ill swoop it up.

Say what you will about his jumper, its not broken IMO, and it will be addressed this summer. But, he has been night and day better defensively than I imagined. IQ, quick rotations, can body and wall off drives, has the size and strength to hold his ground, not to mention the 2.4 stocks (steal+blocks). Actually, he and Wall are the only PGs averaging at least a block and a steal per game.

Me too. I see people calling him a bust who don't get basketball. He is top five among rookies in rebounds per game, second to Simmons in assists and top ten in points. As you note, he has been better than expected on D.

Last year, he would have been first among rooks in assists by about 3 apg, 4th in scoring and second in rpg. He is a stat line stuffer who makes the game easier for his teammates. The article I posted above has a great stat. He is first in the league in lead passes of above 30 feet. Those are passes that don't usually wind up as assists, but enable a ton of easy buckets.

He has historically been a better shooter and this early season stuff is more of a slump. When he figures it out and starts shooting better, he will be a huge asset to the Lakers for m9re than a decade.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed Jan 03, 2018 2:11 pm

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Fri Jan 05, 2018 10:44 am

Did Jeff Goodman actually follow the Balls to Lithuania?

Is his career over or is ESPN actually just a reality show now?

Is anyone actually interested in this car wreck?

Bangkok Wildcat · Post by **Bangkok Wildcat** » Fri Jan 05, 2018 4:36 pm

Alieberman wrote:Did Jeff Goodman actually follow the Balls to Lithuania?

Is his career over or is ESPN actually just a reality show now?

Is anyone actually interested in this car wreck?

I’ll take a stab....,yes, yes, yes and NO! ESPN is a wreck of its former self IMHO. Smh.

BBQ wildcat · Post by **BBQ wildcat** » Fri Jan 05, 2018 4:52 pm

Shouldn't this be moved to the Non Sports section?

Bangkok Wildcat · Post by **Bangkok Wildcat** » Fri Jan 05, 2018 7:43 pm

BBQ wildcat wrote:Shouldn't this be moved to the Non Sports section?

GREAT IDEA BBQ! Please.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Fri Jan 05, 2018 7:49 pm

Merkin wrote:

Who knew the Ball Bros are into retro rock? Their earbuds are in deep blasting Neil Young Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sat Jan 06, 2018 9:46 am

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Thu Jan 11, 2018 10:04 pm

Getting paid 500 euros...per month.

BBB!

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