It was a surreal scene at the five-star Harmony Park hotel in peaceful Prienai, Lithuania, for the Ball brothers' introductory press conference Friday. Among the 50-plus media representatives in attendance, one reporter challenged LaVar Ball to a game of one-on-one, another asked LiAngelo if he had a girlfriend, and a third, after the presser, asked LaVar to sign his Lakers hat with the date when all three Ball brothers would be on the Lakers together. The father wrote "2020."
Even in a basketball-rich country, where the sport is considered second to religion, Lithuanians have never seen anything quite like the Ball family circus.