Should you had been among the many dozens who swore LiAngelo Ball would some day make it to the courtroom of an NBA All-Star Sport, nicely, you’ll be able to no less than say you had been partially right.
The Ball household’s center youngster, at present embarking on a music profession, will carry out on All-Star Saturday evening as a part of the festivities on the Chase Heart in San Francisco, in line with ESPN’s Shams Charania.
The efficiency will come a month after Ball signed a cope with Def Jam and Common Music Group paying him as much as $13 million, with $8 million assured. His tune “Tweaker” was launched on WorldstarHipHop’s YouTube web page on Jan. 3 and has since acquired greater than 14 million views.
A music video was additionally launched final week, garnering greater than 5 million views, and a remix that includes Lil Wayne got here out Thursday.
It will not be the primary time Ball has carried out at an occasion, as he additionally made an untelevised look on the Detroit Lions’ divisional-round recreation towards the Washington Commanders after the Lions performed his tune within the locker room to have fun their division title.
In contrast to his older brother Lonzo and youthful brother LaMelo, Ball by no means appeared in an NBA recreation. He was a three-star recruit in highschool and adopted Lonzo to UCLA, however was suspended after an alleged theft throughout a visit to China and left the group earlier than he was reinstated. Whereas his brothers had been each high 3 picks of their respective NBA drafts, Ball went unselected within the 2018 draft.
Since then, Ball has performed in his father’s rapidly defunct Junior Basketball Affiliation, appeared in 31 video games with the G League Greensboro Swarm and made a quick look in Mexico’s CIBACOPA final yr.
LaMelo Ball was one of many extra notable snubs from the 2025 NBA All-Star Sport, lacking out on the occasion regardless of a profession yr and probably the most fan votes within the Japanese Convention. He made the sport in 2022, although, whereas Lonzo was chosen for 2 Rising Stars Challenges early in his profession however missed each as a consequence of accidents.
