LaMelo Ball appears grown-up enough for fisticuffs. At a Junior Basketball Association game on Monday in Lithuania the JBA took on Alytaus Dzukija. During a break in action, the youngest Ball threw down when it looked like Lithuanian player Mindaugas Sušinskas slapped him on the back of the head:
Here's another angle of the incident that got the 17-year-old ejected and rippled out into a team-wide scrum:
JBA announced over the summer they were taking their league on the road, and started their international tour in Denmark a couple of weeks ago.
On Monday, the team was in Lithuania, where the youngest Ball brother teamed with LiAngelo Ball and papa Lavar during a short-lived pro career that seemed to only piss off their teammates, and the family that owned the team. Now, LaMelo can add to the growing acrimony between the country and first family of reality basketball entertainment.
LaMelo may still have aspirations to join his brother Lonzo in the NBA, but throwing down with an international opponent doesn't improve his family's already-iffy reputation overseas, even if it wins him brownie points with his overbearing dad.
