Appearing on 105.1 FM's The Breakfast Club on Wednesday, LiAngelo Ball said he was told by UCLA to thank President Donald Trump following his return home from China.
Beginning at the 25:46 mark of the following video, Ball said UCLA officials had him add a mention of Trump to the statement he had prepared:
"If they didn't tell me to do it, it wouldn't have been in there," Ball said regarding Trump.
Ball and UCLA teammates Cody Riley and Jalen Hill returned home in November after being detained in China for shoplifting.