{"id":11502,"date":"2017-12-05T18:48:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T23:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=11502"},"modified":"2017-12-05T18:48:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T23:48:31","slug":"lavar-removes-liangelo-ball-from-ucla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2017\/12\/05\/lavar-removes-liangelo-ball-from-ucla\/","title":{"rendered":"LaVar removes LiAngelo Ball from UCLA"},"content":{"rendered":"

After what can only be described as a tumultuous\u00a0tenure, college freshmen LiAngelo Ball<\/strong> decided to quit school at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles). Ball is the younger brother of Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> guard Lonzo Ball<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0The outspoken patriarch\u00a0of the Ball family LaVar Ball<\/strong> confirmed the news Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

LaVar removes LiAngelo Ball from UCLA.<\/h1>\n

The Announcement<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Reporter Jeff Goodman of ESPN tweeted the following;<\/p>\n

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LaVar Ball told ESPN he has pulled LiAngelo Ball from UCLA. “We are exploring other options with Gelo,” LaVar said. “He’s out of there.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) December 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“We learned today of LiAngelo Ball’s intention to withdraw from UCLA,” head coach Steve Alford<\/a> said in a statement Monday, via CNN. “We respect the decision he and his family have made, and we wish him all the best in the future.”<\/p>\n

Flashback to UCLA’s trip to China<\/strong><\/h3>\n

There was plenty of controversies when LiAngelo Ball was arrested for shoplifting in China. He and two other players were placed under a form of “house arrest” in their hotel.\u00a0 This led to an international incident, with President Donald Trump getting involved, and then taking credit for the basketball players release and return to America.<\/p>\n

This led to a public dispute between Lavar Ball and the President, with plenty of tweets back and forth, and a much-criticized interview on CNN.<\/p>\n

“It wasn’t like he was in the U.S. and said, ‘OK, there’s three kids in China. I need to go over and get them.’ That wasn’t the thought process,” LaVar Ball\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0on CNN.<\/p>\n

“I say thank you when I see something,” LaVar Ball later added.<\/p>\n

“If you help, you shouldn’t have to say anything. Let him do his political affairs and let me handle my son and let’s just stay in our lane.”<\/p>\n

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