LiAngelo Ball

LiAngelo Ball is one of the most fascinating "what if" stories in recent basketball history — the middle Ball brother who never quite cracked the NBA despite growing up in one of the most basketball-obsessed families on the planet. His dad LaVar's relentless hype machine was both a blessing and a curse: it opened doors, sure, but it also cast a giant shadow. The shoplifting incident in China during his UCLA stint (2017) was a PR disaster that seemed to derail everything, and while Donald Trump made it a whole thing, LiAngelo quietly kept grinding through the NBA G League and overseas stints. Then in 2023 he pivoted hard into music, signing with Def Jam — and honestly, as someone who watched his brothers Lonzo and LaMelo become legitimate NBA stars, I think LiAngelo's hustle and self-awareness in carving his own lane deserves more respect than he gets.

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Name (English)

LiAngelo Ball

Name (Japanese)

リアンジェロ・ボール

Reading

りあんじぇろ・ぼーる

Born

November 24, 1998 (age 27)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Tiger

Origin

Anaheim, California, United States

Height

196 cm

Occupation

basketball player / rapper

High school

Chino Hills High School

• Xhttps://x.com/LiAngeloBall
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiAngelo%20Ball
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28839762

Tags

• California
• basketball player
• rapper

Last updated

2026-06-02

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