LiAngelo, LaMelo Ball Receive Harlem Globetrotters Offers After Lithuania Signing

LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball, who signed professional basketball contracts last week with Vytautas Prienai–Birstonas of the Lithuanian Basketball League, were offered Harlem Globetrotters roster spots Monday.

Cheese Chisholm and Jet Rivers, two members of the New York-based exhibition basketball team were questioned regarding the Ball brothers’ Lithuania opportunity. When Chisholm was asked his opinion on the matter, he extended an invite to the two brothers.

"Come to the Globetrotters! Yeah, either way. Or come here first. Forget Lithuania," Chisholm told TMZ Sports.

"I hope they have a great season, man. I hope they both average 20 [points per game] because it's good for the culture," Chisholm added regarding LiAngelo and LaMelo’s contracts.

LiAngelo, 19 and LaMelo, 16, both inked one-year contracts with Prienu Vytautas of Lithuania Dec. 11. LiAngelo announced he left UCLA after being suspended indefinitely from the team as punishment for a shoplifting arrest in China during the Bruins November trip. LaMelo also exited Chino Hills High School in California early October.

News of the contracts came days after their father LaVar Ball revealed both sons signed with agent Harrison Gaines of Slash Sports Entertainment. LaVar claimed he was "exploring other options with [LiAngelo]," in an interview with ESPN. He pulled both sons from their respective schools.

"He's not transferring to another school," LaVar said. "The plan is now to get Gelo ready for the NBA Draft. The plan was always for LiAngelo to spend one season at UCLA and then leave, regardless of whether he was projected to be drafted."

LiAngelo and LaMelo are expected to join Vytautas in January. The team competes in the Lithuanian league (LKL) and the less-competitive Baltic league (BBL). Players make very little money in the BBL and max out at $500 per month, according to ESPN's Jonathan Givony. But, the deal isn’t about the money, LaVar explained.

"I don’t care about the money," LaVar told ESPN. "I want them to go somewhere where they will play them together on the court at the same time. The priority is for the boys to play on the same team."