Here’s What LaMelo Won’t Tell You About Lithuania

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[@MrBarmore90222]

@@BasketNews_com that D’Angelo did well…

[@SLOC1992]

great episode lol

[@Lorenzo12-g7e]

Grynai čia Lietuvių akcentas angliškai

[@mantaskatleris8261]

Dudes lived in the middle of nowhere and ate only pizzas and McDonald's. Of course they did not enjoyed the experience as they never gave it a chance. It is the same as tourists coming to Idaho and saying that US sucks.

[@sim2676]

What do you have against Idaho? 😂 def a better tourist destination than most Midwest states and many more depending on what you’re looking for

[@loslux8625]

@@sim2676youre kind of proving his point he wasnt pointing out idaho as boring he was pointing out that someone not from the US would not expect much from idaho. When do you see idaho being mentioned in the media even in the US besides when potatos are discussed?

[@MoralesCorner]

When has a tourist visit Idaho ?

[@sim2676]

@@loslux8625 what do you mean by “not expect much”, wouldn’t that equate to being boring? And no the comment implies that the tourist would’ve already been to Idaho, therefore no room to expect anything. I proved no such point lol in fact you proved my point 😂 you think just because no media coverage and things alike mean boring, and I assume he thinks the same.

[@sim2676]

@@MoralesCorner just because you’ve never heard of it doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen.

[@viliuxsas]

I remember that Rokas Jokubaitis scored around 30 points against LaMelo. It was a great opportunity for him to showcase his talent to the media.

[@dd295dh]

who ?

[@tonilisica7666]

And still today everybody scores 30 on ball, and still his teams are awfull losers....maybe beacuse he dont play defence or have zero shot selection, who knows....

[@ChillxBlacky]

@@tonilisica7666dawg he was on one of the worst teams in Lithuania and now he is on the second worst team in the NBA even if he played amazing defense his team will still be some shit.

[@tonilisica7666]

@ChillxBlacky so its not his fault hahaha....he is awfull, he can make highlights but he is loser with low basketball iq

[@neversmack]

@@ChillxBlacky exactly buddy don’t know ball

[@thinkingonesec]

Wow. Melo stole a ball from micic during a game in Lithuania and now they are on a same team in the NBA.

[@BasketNews_com]

Yeah, crazy

[@chanendlerbong]

Damn it's 7 years ago I remember when Overtime and Ball is Life streamed their games on facebook but that experience prepared Melo for the NBA LaVar was genius all along..

[@DarrenPaul]

I interviewed and spoke to LaVar a few times when they were in London, always seemed like a good guy, loud sure, but wanted the best for his boys. Two players established in the League, one in the G-League, huge amounts of buzz. I agree with you.

[@chanendlerbong]

@DarrenPaul Not only that but LaVar actually changed basketball business wise, because of him and his JBL now college athletes can finally earn their money and sponsorships off of their name and he himself said it after Lonzo's first game where they lost he said it he never loses as his company stock went 12% up Seems he is a mastermind in business

[@Newyorkknicks7575]

He also ruined lonzo's career with that shoe.

[@InfiniteCoreXD]

Nah didn’t really prepare him. He coulda stayed at chino hills and still been in the nba.

[@frondantrieb]

Spoiled and disrespectful. But what do you expect of those clowns.

[@TheRealUcanUwill]

Liangelo would have stayed in Chinese cell if not for the president, another reason to hate Trump, jokes. Seeing Lamelo now, guy who drives golden Cybertruck and shit like that, he is prime example of idiot who makes millions of dollars in the NBA, but goes broke in 5 years after retirement. Prienai and Birštonas aren't their type for sure, guy landed in literal village,, a town of Birštonas that does not even have bus routes since it so small, and he expected what, to see what, Madrid in the summer? Maybe it was the plan by Lavar, to make kids appreciate what they have back home.

[@doby8544]

How do you expect a 16 year old to act when he goes from living in California to Birstonas? Man id be mad too.

[@doby8544]

@@TheRealUcanUwill Almost everybody in the NBA drives expensive cars though, that isnt an example of anything. Lamelo makes enough to buy a new cybertruck every week, it doesnt mean much to him. Im sure Lamelo understood that Prienai and Birstonas would be boring, but he can complain about it. I dont see why we need to hate on a 16 year old kid for not enjoying his stay in a literal village. I wouldnt either

[@TheRealUcanUwill]

@@doby8544 You are correct, but he could act less entitled, since millions if not billions of people live under far worse conditions than what he saw living in a 5 star hotel mind you, but damn, the food was different, so he wont even eat it (basic manners and appreaciation is nowhere to be seen). I know people who welcomed him did try, they tried making him that damn burger that unfortunately wanst mcdonnalds or smth, guy just flat out craps on how ''awful'' it was, kid never seen real struggle in his life, now spending millions of dollars on ridiculous stuff and always need to remind us how he is better than us,a nd he thinks he can tell us what was awful? Dude is unlikable. acts he is such a big shot cause he got everything handled to him from day one, in reality he is just punk king with zero manners, from millionaire family that still needs to go to another country and shoplift a store. I don't need to pretend he is some high class human he thinks he is. Money does not make trash person less trash, kinda the opposite.

[@interneteris]

99% amerikieciu nekestu gyventi lietuvoj dziaukis snargli

[@takumifujiwara7906]

I'm from Prienai myself, I remember when on Lithuania's "gossip-show" called "KK2" they called our city a simpleton village, but the craziest fact that spun around my head for a few years is how such famous people, from such a rich country could even THINK about coming to a random city in a random country. Either way it was very fun having them here, even if they didn't have a great time.

[@AurimasValatka]

Im from Vilnius

[@GamaDaGreat]

Real talk, in 20 years when all of them is retired and Lavar has been out of the spotlight for 10+ years these brothers are going to have the wildest ESPN 30 for 30

[@The1dkay]

I went to several or their games here in Lithuania. Lamelo was too young and did not like it here, but Gelo was doing very good and I wanted him to stay.

[@daddyshark404]

Not all Lithuanians knows where Prienai is 😅

[@BasketNews_com]

Honestly, I don't think I could point it out on the map myself 😬

[@ligametis]

But most know where Birštonas is. And their hotel was in Birštonas. A pretty decent hotel that is.

[@loopsap5909]

They actually teach us geography nowadays unc

[@AurimasValatka]

​@@ligametisYeah that hotel is aint bad

[@Gigi_J.]

Most American small towns don't look better than Prienai or Birštonas in Lithuania. Balls, give me a break...

[@cusematt23]

The arc of lavar ball pretty interesting. he pretty much turned out to be 100% right and has mostly faded into the background now that he's gotten his sons (well, two of them) to the promised land. Good on him.

[@juna61]

Liangelo saying he would go to overseas if he had a chance, yet he wouldn't go right now because... Just says how set up in his life he is and he is just not as hungry as other dawgs.

[@freddycalipari4242]

Yep since then his brothers became loaded

[@allworksnew]

Gelo could have been real good in Europe bruh

[@MrBarmore90222]

@@allworksnew could have had a long euro career… He averaged 12 when he was there

[@TheRealUcanUwill]

@@allworksnew European Basketball has tons of levels. Liangelo at the end, wasnt' even good in G league, and he was just a guy on worst LKL team, he was young, but his ceiling probably was domestic club that aint qualified for europe. Such a gig wouldn't even give you 100k per year and you would be just a random nobody. His Brother literally makes hundreds of millions now, Liangelo couldn't care less now for playing on random, low level European teams.

[@allworksnew]

@@TheRealUcanUwill yeah true

[@arenegadeboss]

Such a smart move by the young dude. It actually worked out for the them too with Melo doing well.

[@SuperLinis]

The most unbelievable thing that happened to me was that an American KZbin channel called Nation Prep Stars reached out to me on LinkedIn and asked me to film all the home games of Prienai because of the Ball family. I jumped at the opportunity, captured the matches, and even managed to interview members of LaVar's crew. It was a surreal experience.

[@senbezda]

I am Lithuanian, I can confirm that those guys are talking pure BS about Lithuania. Those guys are clowns 😂😂😂

[@TheRealUcanUwill]

Being a Lithuanian, I know Balls are tall, but so are Lithuanians generally, I know plenty of people, including women, who are 6'5 or taller, and I doubt they sleep in beds made for people 5 feet tall folk, I guess king size bed is a bit too heavy for these big shot cats to shoplift. But in fairness, Prienai is a town in the middle of nowhere, and Birštonas, the neighbour town is not even a town, more of the village, a resort village where I believe they do not even have bus routes since it is so small. It only has a store, spa centers and thats about it, entitled California kid who wants just fast food joints will hate it there for sure. I am not sure what they were expecting, where they thinking their idiot father is bringing them to Abu Dhabi or smth? Anyhow, in my opinion, BC Vytautas was just a laughing stock team for even doing this, if I remember correctly, they left Baltic Basketball league just so they could schedule some random friendlies for these Balls to play and for internet to broadcast, it was just a clown show by clowns for clowns, team gained online followers, but lost all credibility as a sports franchise.

[@MiC-T]

Good to see AJ Soprano working again.

[@Gruzditas]

Thank you for posting this video. Somehow I got forgotten how ridiculous it was :D

[@Peterrajniakshooting]

Love the video and remember vividly the whole situation 😂

[@ColdBeer]

o, kolega lietuvis! Puikus video!

[@menot1871]

Times when in LKL these two guys was making 30 shots on average :D it was circus not basketball

[@bluerie]

Making? You mean attempting.

[@menot1871]

@@bluerie yes

[@TheRealUcanUwill]

BC Vytautas lost all credibility as a team that year. They were probably going bankrupt, but If I remember correctly, they quit BBL completely, just so they would schedule exhibition games for Balls and Internet broadcasts, it was a clown show. Balls obviously were just entitled idiots, but I can't image how other players from that team felt. It is low level gig, being a LKL bottomfeeder, but you are still professional and now you see your team literally quitting professional leagues just so they would take part in reality show basically... It was an embarrassment on all fronts.

[@Kla1das988]

I almost forgot all the buzz about these two :D Never knew they were living in Prienai, no wonder their experience was not good, there is nothing to do there, specially during winter time

[@MJ-uk6lu]

Also it does have marozai problem

[@junglejim2290]

very goood breakdown. ill be subscribing 👍

[@RobinOja-q1h]

damn....thats crazy that melo has played against zalgiris and scored against micic gdym

[@nolanfrancis4257]

Liangelo should play in Europe again

[@Povil-ze7rq]

Had the chance to talk with the locals, some years back about how their experience was with the ball brothers. Sad to say its mostly all negative, they didint respect the local culture, would sleep in the locker room during practise, not show up on purpose and ignore everyone. 😄

[@MrBarmore90222]

Deangelo should have stayed

[@ThommyMckGoaty]

Facts gotta put his pride to the side

[@Bensway7]

after it happened i can say it was way less fun than expected they had nothing interesting to say no one , games were quite boring and if you give this much freedom to everyone they might score 50 even in nba eventually teams not care how much you score as long as they get safe win !!! and gelo basicly quit basketball after lithuania should have tried playing europe instead nameless irrelevant teams

[@oddoni]

Turėkit savigarbos, lietuviškas pavardes su lietuviškom raidėm parašyt. Užtenka, kad užsieny nesugeba to padaryt.

[@daebibs]

very interesting and well made video (y)

[@Ronnny77]

Lavar did a good job with Lamelo that I can say

[@tormmac]

i liked how the dude wants to invite Angelo back, i mean why not

[@omertalt]

Prienai is the best ☝️

[@Huidos001]

Bofa is the best ✊️

[@HighWoody]

This was show business and testing the water.

[@Rytees]

I feel like the story is not fully covered, as you could have explained more how much popularity Ball family had before and at the time worldide and lithuanianwise. What kind of show overall it was, not like single details

[@yurashavrov]

Poor Lukashov was like whaaat? 😂😂😂

[@StrayedIdea]

There is as much truth to the brothers intentions as there is for reasons behind Ukraine war.

[@LimgraveKnight15]

Coach smiling at 8:35

[@randyfernandez5361]

Where is that team now? Where are the ball boys? Who was right all along?

[@matasbutkus4071]

😂😂😂😂

[@martynasandriusaitis1909]

7:36 ka toki uzblurino ? :D

[@basedpatriotLT]

Dimša tomą berods, atsimenu neleido naudot atvaizdo

[@kalibkukus8888]

Lamello wasn’t use to natural food and wanted that shitty full of chemicals American food.

[@Worldaffairslover]

I had heard of Lithuania. Zydrunas Ilgauskas

[@justerauluseviciute4308]

Since when Prienai is a “city” 😂

[@Spam-pq2sg]

16 in a euro league is insane. Bro was 16 years old going against grown ahh men.

[@BasketNews_com]

LaMelo didn't play in the Euroleague

[@Spam-pq2sg]

@BasketNews_com my bad. I misheard what you said in the video. Pretty close tho. And at 16 you're Nowhere ready to play grown men. 😂

[@lightweightbuddy835]

Must’ve not heard of luka

[@Tesswrench111]

He didn't play in the euroleague, but did play in a euro league

[@alrosan3421]

I remember those jerseys on aliexpress 😂

[@LetsJustBeRealAboutItPod-ye4ts]

They fumbled the bag should of let the boys play

[@fubkegt4964]

Calling 6:32 calling that "professional" basketball European league feels weird, cuz it's not that special, expect žalgiris

[@zip-un5tz]

Lithu 🇱🇹

[@vil615]

Good times and I don’t think they’ll ever come back

[@McArkoff]

Lavar was in Lithuania this year because of business things. He promoting Vytautas mineral water in USA.

[@vil615]

@@McArkoffyeah I saw him on KZbin and was wondering what is he doing here lol

[@nogutznoglory90s10]

He avg 30+ a game in the nba lol that for a 16 was nothing but to build up a dog . Melo was always the small kid playing with the bigger kids ! It made him better

[@Matt-jl2wl]

8:48

[@edwardkimakaballislifekim_578]

Melo join over seas at 16 because he left chino hills

[@8fifty_sayvo656]

The Balls

[@gezas559]

Va cia tai idomus vidosas buvo

[@rulez15]

Spoiled kid

[@ayosgsauce]

He worked hard to get where he's at. The spoiled ones are those who do nothing with what they're given.

[@ŽaliaUgnis]

Fax super spoiled

[@manuelmontesdeoca6081]

What is brony Jr then

[@frondantrieb]

@@manuelmontesdeoca6081 Easy answer. Spoiled.

[@marionastrilijonas157]

Realy spoiled they gave him everything he still acted like a brat

[@clutchclaytv]

Gelo had 1 European experience & said hell no never again

[@smaug660]

Not gonna lie, the Balls always seemed like horrible people to me....

[@Kosmos77789]

Losser if not his father he will be same losser..

[@DrJackJeckyl]

frickin warewolves man noooooooooooo

[@jeorg136]

Lamelo still plays a different sport that is called NON winning circus Basketball

[@edwardkimakaballislifekim_578]

🔥

[@drewlaventure9735]

Cool the content nobody needed

[@arenegadeboss]

3:05 Bruh 😂

[@MrMarioSupermario]

i dont understand why bring some low skill players from overseas when we have much better in the streets lmao

[@MJ-uk6lu]

Because views are money and those two are cluless about all that.

[@interneteris]

lietuviai nemoka zaist

[@BigA678]

6:50 so basically the Lithuanians tried to make Melo conform to them & he said “fck yall” bc he felt like he was better than them, now look.

[@marionastrilijonas157]

No you dont even watch lkl lithuanian basketball when he played against them he was getting crushed in defence

[@percnowitzki1724]

Lamelo will never win a ring being the main man. He’s just on a bad team making himself look good

[@pauliusguokas9041]

Clowns 😂😂😂

[@katinaspatinas]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYSwcqR4iNpmbNk

[@worldaswar3784]

if you cannot handle the english accent don;t speak at all guys. sounds very very unprofessional. ears are bleeding from the way your profedssional journalists talk in english.

[@kapralas]

How many languages do you speak

[@worldaswar3784]

@@kapralas More than one son. ANd i don;t have that ugly european english accent

[@karkevicius]

@@kapralaswho cares. He’s right. It’s embarrassing. Low class Eastern European behavior, Baltics are better than that

[@Sparxsbtw]

Lamelo is just a crying anime kid