LiAngelo Ball declares for NBA Draft after playing in Lithuania

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As NBA teams increasingly value 3-point shooting and defending wings, Ball will have an opportunity to prove to teams that he is a potential draft pick.

LiAngelo Ball; brother of Los Angeles Lakers rookie guard Lonzo Ball, has declared for the 2018 NBA Draft, his agent, Harrison Gaines, told Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports. Ball makes the decision to go pro after spending one year for Lithuanian club Vytautas Prienu, where he played with his younger brother LaMelo.

LiAngelo Ball was always thought the least-likely pro prospect of the three players.

Since joining Vytautas, LiAngelo is averaging a league-leading 15.7 points and 2.9 rebounds.

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But unlike Lonzo, who was picked second overall as a 19-year old in June of 2017, LiAngelo faces much tougher odds considering he never played a minute of college basketball.

According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, LiAngelo was said to have "no chance" at being drafted in the June NBA Draft, and 'that was true before his shoplifting incident in China'.

Ball averaged 15.7 points in nine games with Vytautas Prienu, but most experts agree he faces an uphill battle to be one of the players selected in the two rounds of the National Basketball Association draft in June. In December 2016, LiAngelo had a 72-point performance for Chino Hills, and in February LaMelo had a 92-point game.

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