Lonzo Ball finally got some firsthand word from China when his father, LaVar, called him Friday night.
LaVar Ball is in China with his wife, Tina, and two younger sons. The family’s middle son, LiAngelo, was arrested Tuesday and questioned by police on suspicion of shoplifting from a Louis Vuitton store in Hangzhou while with the UCLA basketball team.
“My dad did call me but didn’t leave me much information,” Lonzo Ball said. “He just said, ‘Be ready to play. We are handling it out here,’ so that’s a good sign.”
Ball spoke after the Lakers’ shootaround in Milwaukee.