LiAngelo Ball

LiAngelo Robert Ball (born November 24, 1998) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Astros De Jalisco.

Ball played for Chino Hills High School in California, where he won a state championship and achieved national success as a junior with his brothers Lonzo and LaMelo, who are both current NBA guards.

He suffered a foot injury before the season and missed a tournament at Fairfax High School in June 2014.

On September 14, he scored 35 points with seven three-point field goals to win the Ron Massey Memorial Fall Hoops Classic.

In December 2014, Ball scored 53 points in a 111–80 win over Dorsey High School.

At the end of the season, Ball was sidelined for four games with an ankle sprain but returned for the playoffs.

His team lost at the CIF State Division I championship game.

After the season, on April 21, he verbally committed to play college basketball for UCLA.

In his junior season, Ball played with both of his brothers, Lonzo and LaMelo.

In December 2015, Ball scored 32 points to upset top-ranked Montverde Academy in the City of Palms Classic quarterfinals.

He scored 40 points in a semifinal win over High Point Christian Academy and won the tournament.

Against Jonesboro High School at the MaxPreps Holiday Classic, Ball scored 41 points.

On February 11, he led all scorers with 32 points against Etiwanda High School, as Chino Hills finished the regular season with a 27–0 record.

On March 5, 2016, he scored 31 points to win the CIF Southern Section Open Division title over Sierra Canyon School.

On March 26, he had 18 points to win the Open Division title over De La Salle High School.

As a junior, Ball averaged 27.4 points per game, which led his team.

His team finished 35–0 and was named mythical national champion by MaxPreps, who also labeled their title run "perhaps the best brother act in high school basketball history."

On November 29, Ball scored 56 points in a 121–89 win over Lutheran High School of Orange County.

A three-star recruit and UCLA signee, he decided to forgo college basketball after being suspended for shoplifting in China before the 2017–18 season.

In turn, Ball signed with Lithuanian professional team Prienai.

His father, LaVar, also grew into a media personality in 2017.

Ball has a signature shoe by his father's company, Big Baller Brand, and a role on his family's Facebook Watch reality show Ball in the Family.

Ball is the second son of LaVar and Tina (née Slatinsky) Ball, who are both former college basketball players.

LaVar, who stands 6 ft, played for Washington State and Cal State Los Angeles.

Tina, who stands 6 ft, also played with the latter school.

His father later played professional football as a tight end for the London Monarchs of the World League of American Football.

In his childhood, Ball often played basketball against older opponents, facing teams of fourth- and fifth-graders while in kindergarten.

He started working out and training by age four and first competed with both of his brothers, Lonzo and LaMelo, at age six.

As a seven-year-old, he also began playing flag football with his brothers.

While Lonzo was a quarterback, LiAngelo and LaMelo caught passes.

On the basketball court, LiAngelo grew up playing with his brothers on Big Ballers VXT, an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) under-17 team created by their father and coached by both parents.

Ball played basketball for four years at Chino Hills High School in Chino Hills, California.

As a freshman, he started alongside his older brother, Lonzo.

Ball helped Chino Hills reach its first-ever CIF Southern Section Open Division championship game.

Chino Hills fell in overtime to Centennial High School at the Southern California Regional Division I final.

As a sophomore, Ball was teammates with his brother, Lonzo, and his cousin, Andre Ball.

He later played in the Junior Basketball Association (JBA), a league founded by his father, before joining the G League at the end of 2019–20.

He was briefly signed to the Detroit Pistons in late 2020, but was waived prior to the start of the 2020–21 season.

Ball joined the Greensboro Swarm in 2021.

Ball and his brothers have attracted national attention since playing together in high school.