This is an accepted version of this page LiAngelo Robert Ball (born November 24, 1998), also known by his stage names G3 and GELO, is an American professional basketball player and rapper who last played for the Astros de Jalisco.

Ball played for Chino Hills High School in California, where he won a state championship and achieved national success as a junior with his brothers Lonzo and LaMelo, who are both current NBA guards.

[3] On the basketball court, LiAngelo grew up playing with his brothers on Big Ballers VXT, an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) under-17 team created by their father and coached by both parents.

[7][8] Ball helped Chino Hills reach its first-ever CIF Southern Section Open Division championship game.

[9][10] Chino Hills fell in overtime to Centennial High School at the Southern California Regional Division I final.

[12] On September 14, he scored 35 points with seven three-point field goals to win the Ron Massey Memorial Fall Hoops Classic.

[20] In December 2015, Ball scored 32 points to upset top-ranked Montverde Academy in the City of Palms Classic quarterfinals.

[25] On February 11, he led all scorers with 32 points against Etiwanda High School, as Chino Hills finished the regular season with a 27–0 record.

[26] On March 5, 2016, he scored 31 points to win the CIF Southern Section Open Division title over Sierra Canyon School.

[29][30] His team finished 35–0 and was named mythical national champion by MaxPreps, who also labeled their title run perhaps the best brother act in high school basketball history.

[35] His team fell in the CIF Southern Section Open Division semifinals to Bishop Montgomery High School.

[36] After a 30–3 season, he was named All-Area Player of the Year by The San Bernardino Sun and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.

[41] Having already committed to play for the UCLA Bruins as a high school sophomore, Ball signed a letter of intent on November 2, 2016, and enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles on June 1, 2017.

[45][46] He played his only game with the Bruins in the preseason on November 1, 2017, against NCAA Division II team Cal State Los Angeles, scoring 11 points.

[47] On November 7, 2017, days before UCLA's regular season opener against Georgia Tech overseas in Shanghai, Ball and two other freshman teammates were arrested in Hangzhou for allegedly stealing sunglasses from a Louis Vuitton store at a high-end shopping center near their team hotel.

[55] Although Ball was not considered a prospect at the time for the National Basketball Association (NBA), he planned on preparing for the 2018 draft with his father after leaving UCLA.

[46][57] On December 11, 2017, he signed with Prienai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL),[58] along with his younger brother LaMelo, who left Chino Hills before his junior season.

[60][61] Prienai withdrew from the Baltic Basketball League upon their arrival and took part in various exhibition games sponsored by his family's sports apparel company, Big Baller Brand.

[75] Ball recorded 39 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals in a 202–189 win to claim the All-Star Game MVP award.

[101] He made his team debut in their season opener on March 1, recording no stats in six minutes of play in a 77–72 win against the Frayles de Guasave.

[103] Regular season[104] Playoffs In January 2025, Ball released his debut single "Tweaker" to viral success, initially previewed on a livestream with internet personality N3on.

Writer Alphonse Pierre of Pitchfork pegs the track as inspired by 2000s Louisiana hip-hop, stating Ball "is putting out music that sounds like he wants to convince us he grew up crooning on the porches of Baton Rouge with Boosie and Webbie.