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Lamelo Ball Biography

LaMelo Ball is an American professional basketball player for the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. Lamelo a  point guard verbally committed to play college basketball for the UCLA Bruins at age 13 but he later dropped his college plans to pursue a professional career. In 2015–16, Ball played for Chino Hills High School in Chino Hills, California, gaining national exposure while playing with his brothers: Lonzo, a guard for the Los Angeles Lakers and LiAngelo. His father LaVar in 2017 grew into a media personality.

Ball won a state championship and was recognized as one of the top freshmen in the country in his first season at Chino Hills, . As a sophomore, in December 2016 he made headlines after making a half-court shot and returned to prominence following a 92-point game vs. Los Osos High School in February 201. All through his high school years, he was ranked among the top players in his class. Ball left Chino Hills after his junior year to sign with Lithuanian team Prienai in 2017. He joined the Los Angeles Ballers in the Junior Basketball Association (JBA), in the summer of 2018 before moving to SPIRE.

Ball on Instagram he has over 3.9 million followers. He is one of the most publicized high school-aged basketball players, with a signature shoe by his father’s company Big Baller Brand and a role on the Facebook Watch reality show Ball in the Family.

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Lamelo was born on August 22, 2001 in Chino Hills, California. He is 17 years old as of year 2018.

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Ball was born in Chino Hills, California. He is the son to LaVar and Tina Ball, who are both former college basketball players. Lamelo’s father Lavar, stands at a height of 6-foot-4 (1.98 m). He competed with Washington State and then Cal State Los Angeles. His mother,Tina stands at a height of 6-feet (1.8 m), she also played with the latter school. Later on, LaVar played professional American football as a tight end for the London Monarchs of the World League of American Football after being loaned from the New York Jets.

When LaMelo was at age of four he started playing basketball with his brothers Lonzo and LiAngelo. Growing up, the three played on teams coached by their father, including Big Ballers VXT of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), where they would continue playing into high school. LaMelo mainly played against opponents several years older than him during his childhood. He scored 29 points in a high school summer league game, facing players of ages 16 and 17. USA Today High School Sports compared Ball’s ability to “dominate” older competition as reminiscent of LeBron James. By age 13, Lamelo stood at a height of 5-foot-7 (1.7 m).

Lamelo at the age of 13 he verbally committed to play college basketball for UCLA before starting high school, becoming the third of his brothers to do so. LaMelo, who was also recruited by Virginia and Washington State at the time, said that UCLA was his “dream school.”

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Ball joined Chino Hills High School in Chino Hills, California in June 2015, where he would play basketball under head coach Steve Baik. He is also on the team, nicknamed the Huskies, were his brothers, as well as cousin Andre Ball. LaMelo scored 27 points with five three-pointers as a starter in his debut on June 16 against John Muir High School. Ball recorded 20 points vs. Centennial High School on June 27. Ball scored 20 points in a 131–42 win over San Bernardino High School on November 30.

Chino Hills won the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section Open Division championship in March 2016, against Sierra Canyon School, with Ball scoring 26 points and shooting 11-for-17 from the field. Later that month, the Huskies qualified for the state championship as the top ranked team in the nation. Ball had 14 points and five assists to propel Chino Hills to the title victory over De La Salle High School on March 27. The team closed the season with a perfect 35–0 record. Lamelo along with teammate Onyeka Okongwu were named Co-Freshman of the Year by MaxPreps.com. Lamelo who averaged 16.4 points and 3.8 assists, additionally made the MaxPreps Boys’ Basketball Freshman All-American First Team.

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Lamelo stands at 6-foot-4 (1.98 m) and a weight of 75 kg.

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Ball left the JBA international tour to join SPIRE Institute, a prep school in Geneva, Ohio, for his senior season under head coach Jermaine Jackson on November 5, 2018.

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LaMelo shooting with a regulation basketball on a 10-foot rim at as young as 4 years old. He made his first half-court shot at 6. By 7 he was hitting them regularly. Since he hardly had the dexterity or strength to shoot a textbook 3-pointer, he had to get under the ball and push it with two hands.

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LiAngelo Ball to sign G League contract, LaMelo returning to HS

ByMICHAEL BOHLIN on   7/8/2018
It appears as though there will not be a second stint overseas for LiAngelo Ball and his younger brother LaMelo Ball as the Ball family has reportedly decided to bring their two youngest children back to the United States to continue their respective basketball careers.

According to a report from Shams Charania of The Athletic, LiAngelo Ball has notified NBA G League teams that he is planning to enter the player pool to sign a G League contract after not being selected in the 2018 NBA Draft following his one-year stint in Lithuania with BC Vytautas.

In addition, LiAngelo’s younger brother, and former 247Sports Composite five-star point guard, LaMelo Ball has decided that he will no longer be homeschooled going forward and he will spend what will be his senior year of high school playing alongside a pair of other top prospects in Rocket Watts and Isaiah Jackson at Spire Academy in Geneva, Ohio.

LaMelo joined his brother in Lithuania before becoming the face of LaVar Ball’s JBA once the league that attempted to offer top prospects an alternative to taking the conventional route of playing in the NCAA was created.

Most recently, both Ball brothers have been part of an overseas tour with the rest of the “JBA USA Team” as the two led a roster of players from across the country who competed in the JBA this year.

The idea of bringing LaMelo back to the United States is centered on the fact that he will have the opportunity to play in front of pro scouts against some of the top prep talent in the country, including a showdown against top prospect Cole Anthony and the Oak Hill Academy Warriors.

At the end of the day, it remains to be seen whether or not these moves make any difference in LiAngelo and LaMelo’s quest to join their oldest brother, Lonzo, in the NBA but the Ball family continues to try to speak that dream into existence by making these moves.