Three UCLA men's basketball players -- including LiAngelo Ball, the younger brother of Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball -- were arrested in China just days before Friday's season-opening game against Georgia Tech in Shanghai, sources told ESPN's Jeff Goodman. One source told ESPN the players -- which also included freshmen Cody Rileyand Jalen Hill -- were arrested on shoplifting charges. The players are being questioned about stealing from a Louis Vuitton store that is located next to the team's hotel. A source tells ESPN the players are not currently with the team. Multiple calls and texts to UCLA head coach Steve Alford at approximately 1 a.m. local time on Wednesday morning were not immediately returned. UCLA released a statement: "We are aware of a situation involving UCLA student-athletes in Hangzhou, China. The University is cooperating fully with local authorities on this matter, and we have no further comment at this time."
Comment
Cuse0323
BARRELED IN @ SBR!
12-09-09
30169
#4
Shiiiit merge mine with this. I can't get the link to work anyway.
Comment
Chi_archie
SBR Aristocracy
07-22-08
63172
#5
China is tough
will they execute him?
cut off a hand?
make him watch porn with JJGold?
Comment
tony_come
SBR Posting Legend
03-31-10
21695
#6
Already leading his team in stealing
Comment
Cuse0323
BARRELED IN @ SBR!
12-09-09
30169
#7
Morons thought they would walk into a LV in damn China and get away with it. The whole store was probably watching them.
Comment
unde0087
BARRELED IN @ SBR!
03-27-08
28959
#8
I want to be, I want to be a big baller
Comment
jjgold
SBR Aristocracy
07-20-05
388179
#9
Lol
Loser ghetto people
Comment
VeggieDog
SBR Hall of Famer
02-21-09
7214
#10
Another reason college athletes should be paid - so they don't have to steal. /sarc
Comment
Cuse0323
BARRELED IN @ SBR!
12-09-09
30169
#11
Originally posted by VeggieDog
Another reason college athletes should be paid - so they don't have to steal. /sarc
Almost got me.
These kids definitely need something instead of free school, and a trip to China. How dare they not be able to afford LV. Ball is the dumbest. Hell, he should be getting paid already from his name. Dad must not be giving him a cut.
UCLA team is there ahead of it's Friday night game vs. Georgia Tech in Hangzhou China. They spent time touring Alibaba HQ with Alibaba cofounder whos from LA.
Comment
mrpapageorgio
SBR MVP
09-07-17
2974
#14
Odds Trump is now going to have to negotiate his release on the eve of his arrival to CHI-NA? This could be YUGE!
Comment
dlowilly
SBR Posting Legend
11-09-16
13862
#15
3 abnormally tall black guys trying to shoplift in china...what could go wrong?
Comment
SEKTAUR
SBR Wise Guy
09-04-11
802
#16
“BREAKING” really?? who gives a penetrate
Comment
reigle9
SBR Posting Legend
10-25-07
17879
#17
this can't be real
Comment
JAKEPEAVY21
BARRELED IN @ SBR!
03-11-11
29328
#18
hilarious
Comment
tony_come
SBR Posting Legend
03-31-10
21695
#19
Blame trump
#blacklivesmatter
Comment
grease lightnin
SBR Posting Legend
10-01-12
16015
#20
Originally posted by dlowilly
3 abnormally tall black guys trying to shoplift in china...what could go wrong?
i mean seriously. How retarded can you be?
Comment
unde0087
BARRELED IN @ SBR!
03-27-08
28959
#21
Originally posted by grease lightnin
i mean seriously. How retarded can you be?
We are talking about a kid that was raised by LaVar. Can't really blame him for being a complete dumbass.
Comment
milwaukee mike
BARRELED IN @ SBR!
08-22-07
26914
#22
Originally posted by VeggieDog
Another reason college athletes should be paid - so they don't have to steal. /sarc
yeah even though he drives a ferrari, and gets free room/board/education, he's so broke he has to steal a bag... good god some of these athletes are dumb
Comment
DOM_Toretto
Restricted User
01-28-13
9035
#23
Originally posted by milwaukee mike
yeah even though he drives a ferrari, and gets free room/board/education, he's so broke he has to steal a bag... good god some of these athletes are dumb
He's dumb and he's not even good. This kid (the middle Ball child) is just a bench warmer for UCLA this year. Guess he wanted his 15 mins of fame too.
Comment
Cuse0323
BARRELED IN @ SBR!
12-09-09
30169
#24
I do feel bad for the Ball kids. Their dad is a cocksmoke. He had kids to use them as basketball players. Chose their mother because she was a basketball player with good genes. Then she has a stroke, and wants them to focus on basketball still.
'And I knew they were going to hoop like this from Day 1,' he said in 2015. 'That's why I married my wife. Before they even came out the womb, I said, 'I'm having three'.
'And with the way I'm built, and the way she's built, I knew I was going to have three killers. So this thing was planned long ago.
'Because I knew if you put two basketball players together, this is what you're going to get. I knew this is what we were going to get.'
Comment
sandos139
SBR Wise Guy
01-27-14
569
#25
So they were trying to Jack knock off LV shit
Comment
dlowilly
SBR Posting Legend
11-09-16
13862
#26
Originally posted by Cuse0323
'And with the way I'm built, and the way she's built, I knew I was going to have three killers. So this thing was planned long ago.
I wonder if having 3 hideously ugly dumbfuks was part of the plan too
Comment
shocka1212
SBR Posting Legend
10-06-12
16788
#27
YOU GO TO JAIL NOW
Comment
Cuse0323
BARRELED IN @ SBR!
12-09-09
30169
#28
Originally posted by dlowilly
I wonder if having 3 hideously ugly dumbfuks was part of the plan too
He thinks he's intelligent, so probably thinks they are all geniuses. If not, it's mom's fault. Will give him credit for getting their name out there. It will backfire, but good work. Lonzo would have done just fine without pops being the pitchman. Would get more endorsements probably. Like maybe one of the big 3 shoe companies.
Comment
shocka1212
SBR Posting Legend
10-06-12
16788
#29
whats sad in all this is that this was the one who stays out of the limelight. holy crap what a dumpster fire of a family.
Comment
VeggieDog
SBR Hall of Famer
02-21-09
7214
#30
Originally posted by Cuse0323
I do feel bad for the Ball kids. Their dad is a cocksmoke. He had kids to use them as basketball players. Chose their mother because she was a basketball player with good genes. Then she has a stroke, and wants them to focus on basketball still.
'And I knew they were going to hoop like this from Day 1,' he said in 2015. 'That's why I married my wife. Before they even came out the womb, I said, 'I'm having three'.
'And with the way I'm built, and the way she's built, I knew I was going to have three killers. So this thing was planned long ago.
'Because I knew if you put two basketball players together, this is what you're going to get. I knew this is what we were going to get.'
Jimmy the Greek was right all along.
Comment
Otters27
BARRELED IN @ SBR!
07-14-07
30760
#31
Fools
Comment
jjgold
SBR Aristocracy
07-20-05
388179
#32
These guys love to steal also
They would all be in jail if It for basketball
Comment
lakerboy
SBR Aristocracy
04-02-09
94379
#33
Put them in jail. We know Trump wouldn't care
Comment
baseballstud
SBR Wise Guy
10-31-08
980
#34
Originally posted by lakerboy
Put them in jail. We know Trump wouldn't care
Why would he care that people were put in jail for shoplifting?