LiAngelo Ball, the brother of NBA stars Lonzo and LaMelo Ball, recounted the time he and two different UCLA gamers have been arrested in China after being accused of stealing designer sun shades in 2017.
Ball, 26, went to a Louis Vuitton retailer subsequent to the workforce’s lodge in Hangzhou and snagged sun shades whereas on a visit as a member of the UCLA males’s basketball workforce.
Ball mirrored on the incident throughout a current look on “Unapologetically Angel” with Angel Reese.
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Charlotte Hornets guard LiAngelo Ball earlier than a sport in opposition to the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Middle. (Invoice Streicher/USA Right now Sports activities)
“I knew it was wrong. I was 18, wrong spot, wrong time, just making quick decisions doing dumb s—, so I don’t know how to explain. Everybody wants me to come up with this long-a– story. Like, I don’t know how to explain it,” Ball mentioned.
“I did what I did, and I knew that s— was wrong and then that’s that. It’s been seven, eight years. I ain’t been in trouble since.”
Ball mentioned he knew immediately he had made a mistake.
“I couldn’t think nothing past like, I knew s— was going to go south. I don’t know, right when I left the store, I’m like, ‘Damn.’ I told (my teammates), ’Like, yeah, we done,” Ball mentioned.
“I knew that s— was f—— wrong, bro.”
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Charlotte Hornets ahead LiAngelo Ball throughout an NBA Summer time League sport in opposition to the Cleveland Cavaliers at Cox Pavilion. (Stephen R. Sylvanie/USA Right now Sports activities)
President Trump personally requested Xi Jinping, president of the Individuals’s Republic of China, to assist resolve the matter relating to Ball and his two teammates, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, Fox Information reported on the time.
“To the three UCLA basketball gamers I say: You’re welcome, exit and provides an enormous Thank You to President Xi Jinping of China who made…
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” …your launch potential and, HAVE A GREAT LIFE! Watch out, there are a lot of pitfalls on the lengthy and winding highway of life!” Trump wrote in separate social media posts in 2017.
After his career at UCLA, Ball was not chosen in the 2018 NBA Draft. Ball played overseas in the Lithuanian Basketball League in 2018 instead of going to the NBA.
He played with the Los Angeles Ballers of the Junior Basketball Association, which was a league founded by his father, Lavar Ball.
Charlotte Hornets forward LiAngelo Ball dribbles during an NBA Summer League game against the Chicago Bulls at Thomas & Mack Center. (Stephen R. Sylvanie/USA Today Sports)
Ball then spent time in the NBA G-League from 2021-2023. Ball signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Detroit Pistons in 2020 but was waived shortly after signing.
The Charlotte Hornets signed him in 2021 and 2022, but he was waived shortly after being signed both times. Ball has not appeared in an NBA regular-season game.
Ball’s brothers, LaMelo and Lonzo, are both in the NBA. LaMelo plays for the Charlotte Hornets and Lonzo plays for the Chicago Bulls.
Fox News’ Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
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