When LiAngelo Ball — the brother of Lonzo Ball who has played for UCLA and Lithuanian professional team BC Vytautas over the last year — worked out for the Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday, there were a few questions he was all-but-guaranteed to face from an eager horde of media.
Is he afraid of his father, the perpetually outspoken LaVar Ball, hurting his draft stock? And does he feel like he is as prepared as other college prospects, given that he left UCLA midstream to play over in Lithuania?
His answer to the first question was a pretty emphatic no, and the answer to the latter is that LiAngelo felt that going overseas was far from a hinderance.