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Welcome to the Big Baller Brand Official Thread

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What is BBB? Who are the Ball brothers?

Big Baller Brand (BBB) is an American company that designs, manufactures, and sells clothing and shoes. Launched in 2016 by media personality LaVar Ball, it has most notably produced signature shoes for the Ball brothers: Lonzo Ball of the Los Angeles Lakers, and LaMelo and LiAngelo Ball of the Lithuanian team Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas. Big Baller Brand has additionally been involved in the creation of the Junior Basketball Association (JBA), which it will fully fund, and the Big Baller Brand Challenge Games, a series of Lithuanian exhibition games hosted by Vytautas that feature LaMelo and LiAngelo Ball. More recently, the company has partnered with Birštonas Mineral Water to import bottled water to the United States. In addition, Big Baller Brand has drawn criticism for poor customer service and excessively priced products.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Baller_Brand

Where can I buy BBB apparel?

Look no further than https://bigballerbrand.com/

Lonzo's official ZO2 Collection can be found at: https://zo2collection.com/

Gelo's G3 Collection forthcoming next year most likely

What else is BBB involved?



Ball In The Family is the Ball family's Facebook reality television show. And gives viewers a more in depth look at the Ball family dynamics as well as some insight into how the business works. Still even though the show tries to rely on more genuine moments and experiences in contrast to something such as Keeping up with the Kardasians, it still is a reality television show and obviously portrays the family in a rose tinted lens.

New episodes every Sunday.

Can the two other brothers make the NBA?

LiAngelo Ball has a good chance of making the G-League if he continues his production with Vytautas and declares for the draft and goes undrafted. Which is what will likely happen. The chances of him seeing an NBA court is close to zero.

LaMelo Ball has the most potential out of all the other brothers but is extremely undisciplined and prefers to go for his erratic offense and rarely plays any defense, although he has all the tools to become an elite defender. As a prospect LaMelo is a 5 star recruit similar to Lonzo but ranked lower in his class than Lonzo was (Lonzo was ranked #4 in his high school recruiting class). Lastly, LaMelo is still 16 and is two years away from being able to declare for the NBA so he has a few years to develop and his future is in his own hands now.

How are you getting all this info and news, and is BBB and the Ball family even that interesting to follow?

USA Today has its own dedicated section to Lonzo and the rest of the Ball family called https://lonzowire.usatoday.com/. Almost all things related to the Ball family can be found here, and if not here check out the Ball brother's social media pages

Lonzo
https://twitter.com/ZO2_
https://www.instagram.com/zo/?hl=en

LiAngelo
https://twitter.com/LiAngeloBall
https://www.instagram.com/gelo/?hl=en

LaMelo
https://twitter.com/MELOD1P
https://www.instagram.com/melo/?hl=en

And as for are they interesting to follow? Well they do have a large following and their approach/what they're doing with their family brand is something that has really never been done before. Whether it ends in failure or success a lot of eyes are on the Ball family and it will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

As for me personally? Well Chino Hills is literally 15 minutes away from where I grew up so seeing a player from Chino Hills end up on the Lakers is one of the reasons I became enamored by Lonzo. That in addition to his play style and approach to the game is enough to make me stay a little updated on the happenings of the family.

What about the Lakers?

Lonzo is the Lakers starting Point Guard. A lot of the BBB media attention and hubbub is in part to how Lonzo ended up playing on the Lakers after LaVar "spoke it into existence." Although the Lakers and BBB are pretty far removed, Facebook isn't allowed to shoot at any of the games without paying a hefty fee, there is still some important crossover. As such a lot of what happens with the Lakers may sometimes pertain to BBB and vice-versa.

Who is Zo?

Zo is Lonzo's nickname as well has his rapper alias.

Check out his debut mixtape Born 2 Ball, available on all major streaming sites as well as for purchase on iTunes.



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And that's all I got for now, will update this thread with more info and news as it comes.
 
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We are all Big Ballers

And for those mods watching this thread, you too are a Big Baller

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I hope one day LaVar becomes NBA commissioner.
 
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FZZ you are one of my favorite posters lol

Should put Andre's Balls up there cuz Chino Hills won the state title without Lamelo lol

We are all Big Ballers

And for those mods watching this thread, you too are a Big Baller

#JmonEra


I hope one day LaVar becomes NBA commissioner.

You are all Big Ballers!

Oh my

Also a mixtape by its essence should be free no matter what

Game got changed when Drake started charging for IYRTITL.

small baller.
 
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Been lurking the NBA thread and finally the official BBB thread is now up. Great job on the OT, FZZ
 
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BBB, the newest guest on the rooftop. Welcome all!!
LKL game today, LaMelo's first game back from his extended injury (didn't perform that well and wasn't given too many minutes) and LiAngelo dropped 28.

They lost and its looking more and more likely LaMelo will not be playing with Vytautas next season, or they are going to remove coach Seskus and LaVar will become the head coach.

FZZ I changed the red text lines to green. You can change it to another color if you want to, just not red. Thanks


We're all Big Ballers!

Been lurking the NBA thread and finally the official BBB thread is now up. Great job on the OT, FZZ

I was late finding this thread
I hope that I will still be accepted into Big Baller Zone

You are all Big Ballers! Welcome to the thread.

can't wait for next week. denise pregnancy reveal episode.

Yeah this episode was aight, mainly about the Lithuanian awards show.

The pregnancy reveal gonna be wild.

Smh Zo.

My son's son.
 

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LKL game today, LaMelo's first game back from his extended injury (didn't perform that well and wasn't given too many minutes) and LiAngelo dropped 28.

They lost and its looking more and more likely LaMelo will not be playing with Vytautas next season, or they are going to remove coach Seskus and LaVar will become the head coach.











You are all Big Ballers! Welcome to the thread.



Yeah this episode was aight, mainly about the Lithuanian awards show.

The pregnancy reveal gonna be wild.

Smh Zo.

My son's son.
Grandpa FZZ
 
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So looks like JBA is going to be ramping up pretty soon

https://lonzowire.usatoday.com/2018...legends-to-select-rosters-for-lavar-ball-jba/

On Monday, the Big Baller Brand took to social media to announce that his startup league will begin open tryouts in April. The JBA will take a committee featuring Zo, former NCAA champion and national player of the year Ed O'Bannon, and NBA veteran-turned-Phoenix Suns coach (and AAU impresario) Earl Watson to eight cities—Los Angeles, Seattle, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia and Chicago—selecting eight prospects from a pool of 100 participants at each stop.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BgzKjDQFZ3n/?taken-by=jba

Will be interesting to see, and I assume it will be after the NBA season ends. But I also hope Lonzo gets back to off season training very quickly because he will catch a lot of flak for being on the selection committee and anything BBB related if it takes time away from his off season training. Also thinking about the lithuania concert he promised, off season (especially for years 1-4) are supposed to be heavy on developing skills for the league and improving conditioning.


It is true.

I am a Big Baller Grandpa tho.

Are they getting relegated?

If they don't win 6 out of their next 9 games they might, but apparently arenas are a big reason why a lot of second division teams aren't in the first division and because of the cash infusion BBB gave Vytautas, the amount of money they bring in might keep them in the first division.

But if LaVar continues to butt heads with Seskus he might just take LaMelo away next season and take him to a different country. My money is on Barcelona since that is where they recently practiced.

Old news for awhile now but Gelo is what opened the floodgates apparently. What's Melo's goofy ass gonna get?

Lakers' Lonzo Ball gets his first tattoos in solidarity with his brother LiAngelo

Melo said he'd get a tattoo of Jesus lmao.

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Ball Control ERA, LET'S GO!

Welcome fellow Big Baller!

Is there any confirmation out there that ZO and Denise are not together anymore, or are they?

Nah they're still together, he has called her his girlfriend in interviews and they still are on one another social media. But they might have had turbulent times during All Star break, but I am pretty sure they're together now.
 

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So looks like JBA is going to be ramping up pretty soon

https://lonzowire.usatoday.com/2018...legends-to-select-rosters-for-lavar-ball-jba/



https://www.instagram.com/p/BgzKjDQFZ3n/?taken-by=jba

Will be interesting to see, and I assume it will be after the NBA season ends. But I also hope Lonzo gets back to off season training very quickly because he will catch a lot of flak for being on the selection committee and anything BBB related if it takes time away from his off season training. Also thinking about the lithuania concert he promised, off season (especially for years 1-4) are supposed to be heavy on developing skills for the league and improving conditioning.



It is true.

I am a Big Baller Grandpa tho.



If they don't win 6 out of their next 9 games they might, but apparently arenas are a big reason why a lot of second division teams aren't in the first division and because of the cash infusion BBB gave Vytautas, the amount of money they bring in might keep them in the first division.

But if LaVar continues to butt heads with Seskus he might just take LaMelo away next season and take him to a different country. My money is on Barcelona since that is where they recently practiced.



Melo said he'd get a tattoo of Jesus lmao.



Welcome fellow Big Baller!



Nah they're still together, he has called her his girlfriend in interviews and they still are on one another social media. But they might have had turbulent times during All Star break, but I am pretty sure they're together now.

Well by having his baby, she has ensured that she will be taken care of for well at least the next 18 years.
 

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I named by NCAA bracket Big Baller Bracket and got waxed after the first round. Am I still a big baller or am I a small baller for bringing shame to the brand?
 

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If they don't win 6 out of their next 9 games they might, but apparently arenas are a big reason why a lot of second division teams aren't in the first division and because of the cash infusion BBB gave Vytautas, the amount of money they bring in might keep them in the first division.

But if LaVar continues to butt heads with Seskus he might just take LaMelo away next season and take him to a different country. My money is on Barcelona since that is where they recently practiced.
Oh, I see.

I think if gelo goes to the G league, it will open a lot of options for melo. He'll definitely get some offers from Spain and Turkey. But a club like Barcelona won't stand for LaVar's antics..
 
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I named by NCAA bracket Big Baller Bracket and got waxed after the first round. Am I still a big baller or am I a small baller for bringing shame to the brand?

As long as you support BBB you are definitely a Big Baller.

It's a mentality.

with all the upsets i bet most people got waxed early

This too.

Oh, I see.

I think if gelo goes to the G league, it will open a lot of options for melo. He'll definitely get some offers from Spain and Turkey. But a club like Barcelona won't stand for LaVar's antics..

Melo needs development the most, he's the feistiest one. Would be extremely sad to see his development stunted by LaVar.

NCAA on high alert

All it takes is a couple of top tier high school players deciding they wanna get paid and then things get reeeeeeeal interesting

They honestly do, just get a few four star recruits and maybe a few high profile players and boom.


Next Ball in the Family episode gonna be brazy.

zoku temporarily unlocked ultra instinct after going on that horrid shooting stretch

He's still Omen Ultra Instinct but once he understands when to attack, distribute, pull up from midrange, and go for a dagger 3 that's when we will see...

Mastered Ultra Instinct Zoku.
 

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I could see LiAngelo getting on a D-League team, but he may make more money playing back in Lithuania. He still needs more time to develop for the NBA. I guess we'll find out next season on Ball in the Family to see where he ends up.
 

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Shame Zo didn't get the triple double last night. His shot selection was solid and had a lot more confidence. Sucks we have all these injuries as we'd probably be close to 40 already with BI and Hart back.