Ball began working out with the Blue as a practice player in late December. Read more ›. The 21-year-old has also met with several other teams, including the Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks and Brooklyn Nets among others. Commenting on NewsOK requires a NewsOK Pro or Oklahoman subscription. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); LiAngelo Ball was a freshman at UCLA in 2017 when he was involved in a shoplifting incident when the team traveled to China. 00:38 After earning his way into a G League contract and onto the Oklahoma City Blue roster in the last week, LiAngelo Ball broke his silence about … LiAngelo Ball, not a heralded prospect like his brothers, committed to UCLA out of high school. Sign up for the The Rookie Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. Projected second-round pick Immanuel Quickley has reportedly met twice with the New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons and Oklahoma City Thunder ahead of the 2020 NBA Draft, according to Adam Zagoria of Forbes. He shot 42.4% from 3-point range, which ranked 12th among all players in the G League. The Blue are also scheduled to make a stop in Los Angeles before season’s end as they’ll play the South Bay Lakers on Saturday, March 21. He previously covered University of Kentucky football and basketball for SEC Country. The Blue are 20-20 this season. Ball will join the Thunder's G League affiliate via waiver claim, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported Saturday. LiAngelo Ball will be playing with players who a step below NBA players. Quickley was named the SEC Player of the Year after averaging 16.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 30 games last season at Kentucky while he shot 42.8% from 3-point range. Could Trae Young and LaMelo Ball fit in the same backcourt in Atlanta? The middle Ball also briefly played for the Junior Basketball Association, which his father founded as an alternative to college. Only recently has the 2015-16 Chino Hills team started to receive more recognition for what was a truly historic season. Maddie Lee followed an NBA team from Seattle to Oklahoma City, she just took a 10-year detour in between. The Ball brothers were the surest candidates to earn spots in the NBA and two of three will fulfill that in Lonzo and LaMelo Ball. LiAngelo Ball will sign a G League contract with the Oklahoma City Blue for the remainder of the season, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania. LaMelo Ball confirms he spoke with the Golden State Warriors ahead of the 2020 NBA Draft, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. On the season, the Blue average 38.7 three-point attempts per game, the sixth-most in the G League and fitting perfectly into Ball’s skillset. Sign up for the Lonzo Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. He joined the team as a practice player shortly after the G League Winter Showcase earlier this month. For... South Bay Lakers guard Reggie Hearn will reportedly join the NBA G League Ignite team ahead of the 2020-21 season, according to Adam Zagoria of ZagsBlog.com. Professional basketball player Lonzo Ball, of the Los Angeles Lakers, from right, and his brothers LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball arrive at the premiere of "Avengers: Endgame" at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Monday, April 22, 2019. Ball was sent a G League contract last week and was expected to soon join the Blue. He joined the team as a practice player shortly after the G League Winter Showcase earlier this month. Could Lonzo and LaMelo Ball be headed to Klutch Sports? Thunder: LiAngelo Ball joins Oklahoma City Blue as practice player, 2020 Oklahoma election voter guide: Everything you need to know before Election Day, Thunder faces the Raptors without two of its top 3 scorers. Lamelo Ball, 18, is the No. https://lonzowire.usatoday.com/2020/03/07/liangelo-ball-news-oklahoma-city-blue-nba-g-league-rumors/. The G League regular season concludes on March 28 and the final nine games on the schedule could give the organization an opportunity to see Ball back on the court. His 92.3 free-throw percentage ranked sixth-best among all underclassmen in the country. He was indefinitely suspended and dropped out of UCLA without ever playing a game for the Bruins. OKLAHOMA CITY, March 9, 2020 – The Oklahoma City Blue has acquired forward LiAngelo Ball, the team announced today. The Blue have 10 more games this season, starting on Sunday against the Austin Spurs. The Blue are an affiliate of the Oklahoma City Thunder. LiAngelo Ball, 21, is the middle of controversial LaVar Ball’s basketball-playing sons. Oklahoma City blue is the Oklahoma City Thunder G League team. In that time, the family has made a couple of big moves, most notably signing with Roc Nation Sports after leaving Creative Artists Agency prior to the global lockdown. The only of the trio not to appear in an NBA game, LiAngelo, latched onto a G League team just... One of the few small upsides to the pandemic has been the ability for families to spend time together that they may have otherwise had. The NBA G League Ignite, which was informally dubbed the Select Team, features several top high school prospects such as Jalen Green, Isaiah Todd, Jonathan Kuminga and several others. Aside from brief appearances from players on assignment from the Thunder, the leading scorer for OKC this year is DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell out of Illinois State at 17.8 points per game. LiAngelo Ball has been sent a contract from the NBA G League and is expected to sign soon, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Ahead of the 2020 NBA Draft, the New York Knicks have done a great deal of homework on former Auburn Tigers forward Isaac Okoro and could target the 19-year-old with the eighth overall pick as a result. Since that 2017 incident, LiAngelo Ball’s basketball career has included a stint in Lithuania and another with the Junior Basketball Association, a college-alternative league founded by LaVar. His father arranged for LiAngelo and LaMelo, who also was expected to play at UCLA after high school, to turn professional and play with a team in Lithuania. Like the rest of America, the Ball family celebrated Father's Day together on Sunday in likely one of the last times the family will be together as one for the extended future. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania, a projected top-five pick in the 2020 NBA draft. Ball and his two teammates later admitted to the incident. He previously covered University of Kentucky football and basketball for SEC Country. After a report earlier in the week of a G League contract being extended to LiAngelo Ball, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported on Saturday that the middle Ball brother would be staying with the Oklahoma City Blue, the Thunder’s G League affiliate. Mar 7, 2020 LiAngelo Ball will sign a G League contract with the Oklahoma City Blue for the remainder of the season, according to The Athletic's Shams … The league didn’t last long, however, before folding. Log in or subscribe to read and leave comments. The Blue play next on the road Wednesday against the Stockton Kings. It also appears the time together led to Lonzo committing to the future of Big Baller Brand. The team has 10 games left on its schedule. Ball, the middle brother of Lonzo and LaMelo, joined the Blue in December as a practice player and has been working out with the team since then. Please check your email for a confirmation. Lonzo Ball, the No. Oklahoma City Blue Acquires LiAngelo Ball. The deal will be executed via waiver claim, Charania said. A host of Tik Toks and Instagram videos with friends indicate they have at least enjoyed their time together. Lonzo Ball is now a key part of a young Pelicans core, and LaMelo is considered by many to be a prime candidate for the No. Oklahoma City Blue Acquires LiAngelo Ball, | https://t.co/HVDLG1aCDB pic.twitter.com/TXIiadXn7N, — Oklahoma City Blue (@okcblue) March 9, 2020. Tigers head coach Bruce Pearl told Ian Begley of SNY that the Knicks have talked to strength coaches, trainers and assistant coaches during the pre-draft process in an attempt to gain as much intel as possible on Okoro, which isn't uncommon ahead of the NBA Draft. The Blue are the affiliate of the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder. Photo by Nate Billings, The Oklahoman, Joe Mussatto joined The Oklahoman in August 2018 to cover OU football, men’s basketball and softball. Now, with 18 games left in the G-League regular season, Ball … (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP), Maddie Lee followed an NBA team from Seattle to Oklahoma City, she just took a 10-year detour in between. Mussatto is from Oklahoma City and lives in Norman. The Ball family, for example, has spent the last few months together in the family's mansion in Chino Hills. It's routine for G League teams to bring … Read more ›. After what essentially amounted to a two-month trial with the team, Ball was offered a contract for his first stint in the G League. The 21-year-old forward most recently played for the Los Angeles Ballers, a team in the Junior Basketball Association founded by LaVar Ball, LiAngelo's father. LiAngelo Ball, the middle brother of Lonzo and LaMelo Ball, joined the Thunder’s NBA G-League affiliate, the OKC Blue as a practice player. All Rights Reserved. LiAngelo Ball is the brother of New Orleans Pelicans guard Lonzo Ball and 2020 NBA draft lottery-slot candidate LaMelo Ball. LiAngelo Ball is the brother of New Orleans Pelicans guard Lonzo Ball and LaMelo Ball, a projected top-five pick in the 2020 NBA draft. It's routine for G League teams to bring in practice players. The youngest, LaMelo, is projected to be a top pick in June’s NBA draft. https://therookiewire.usatoday.com/2020/03/09/liangelo-ball-sign-okc-blue-g-league-contract/, LiAngelo Ball has been offered a contract to play in the G League, 2020 NBA Draft Big Board: Latest updates after NCAA regular season, LaMelo Ball pulled up to watch his brother play the Lakers, LeBron, Draymond Green revealed how Mark Jackson gave him a stamp of approval, Devin Vassell unveiled a shocking change to his shooting motion, J.J. Redick trash-talked Spurs' Keldon Johnson in final bubble game, Killian Tillie 'loved' watching fellow Frenchman Boris Diaw play, Daniel Oturu interviewed with the Celtics ahead of the NBA Draft, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 3, 2020. Lee joined the Oklahoman in October 2018 as a Thunder beat writer, fresh off a stint in Oxford, Miss., where she covered Ole Miss for the... Report: LiAngelo Ball signs with OKC Blue, 2020 Oklahoma election voter guide: Everything you need to know before Election Day.