OCTOBER 15: The Hornets have officially waived Ball, the team confirmed today in a press release. Barring a change of plans, it looks like his next stop will be Greensboro.
OCTOBER 14: The Hornets are signing LiAngelo Ball to a non-guaranteed contract and will waive him shortly thereafter, a source tells Rod Boone of The Charlotte Observer. The team issued a press release announcing the signing.
A report earlier this week suggested that Ball would sign a general G League contract and would be entered into the NBAGL draft pool, where the Greensboro Swarm (Charlotte’s affiliate) might select him.
However, it sounds like the Hornets – and the Swarm – have decided they want to secure Ball’s G League rights directly. Signing the 6’5″ wing to an Exhibit 10 deal will do that, and will allow the team to give him a bonus worth up to $50K if he spends at least 60 days with Greensboro.
Ball, the brother of LaMelo Ball and Lonzo Ball, played for Charlotte’s Summer League team in Las Vegas and reportedly impressed members of the organization with his work ethic. He averaged 9.6 PPG on .375/.345/1.000 shooting in five games (17.4 MPG) for the Hornets in Vegas.
Keep the kid happy
Or keep the brother happy so he doesn’t want to depart once his contract is up.
what was charlotte doing last night? they must of thought it was a walk thru.
Does anyone else have a problem with teams signing guys and then cutting them in order to send them to the G League? Is this the best way to get this done? As Jack Nicholson said in Batman, This League needs an enema. Took a little license there.
A player gets to say that he was signed to an NBA team. The team gets to keep him from Europe. The NBA gets to say it was all back-door.
That is my cynical best…
good for him. he deserves a real shot.
Why does he deserve a real shot? What has HE done to earn it? Just curious
Actually he’s done things that indicate he doesn’t deserve a shot. Like shoplifting in China even though he was on track to become a pro someday. It shows a lack of maturity and intelligence.
That said, the NBA doesn’t care about ethics, just winning. So if he can help, he’ll get a job.
That’s the way it’s meant to work. Just don’t do any thing else criminal.
So far he looks like a G leaguer and a 10 day contract guy. But the article said his work ethic is good so maybe he’s improved.
It must suck to be dwarfed by BOTH your older and younger brother though.
Yes some story to tell a niece would be good. A different sport altogether would be better but he got kind of single-tracked.