Report: LiAngelo Ball Signs One-Year Contract With Pistons

Ball previously signed a contract with the Thunder's G League affiliate before the 2019-20 season was canceled amid the COVID-19 crisis.

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LiAngelo Ball has signed a one-year contract with the Pistons, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania. 

The deal is reportedly non-guaranteed. 

LiAngelo Ball, the brother of Pelicans guard Lonzo Ball (No. 2 overall pick in 2017) and Hornets No. 3 pick LaMelo Ball, is signing an Exhibit 10 deal, sources said. The Ball brothers are now all signed to NBA contracts. https://t.co/o0daB2O2z2

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 2, 2020

Ball signed a G League contract with the Oklahoma City Blue in March but he did not appear in a game after the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The 21-year-old attended UCLA but was suspended indefinitely from the basketball program after a shoplifting scandal during a team trip to China. Ball subsequently left UCLA and played in Lithuania with his brother, LaMelo. 

There will be three Ball brothers in the NBA in 2020-21, if LiAngelo is on the Pistons roster on opening night. Lonzo Ball is entering his fourth NBA season in 2020-21. LaMelo Ball was selected with the No. 3 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft.