LiAngelo Ball Eyes Another NBA Shot amid 'Gelo' Music Career, Sells Himself in Message to GMs

LiAngelo Ball has never played an NBA game and spent the past several years pursuing a music career as Gelo after his "Tweaker" song went viral, leading to a record deal with Def Jam.

But he's never fully given up the dream of playing professional basketball.

"I feel like I'm in the position to play in the NBA," Ball told Erik Anderson of Heavy. "If they ever did ask, I could go tomorrow and start playing and working out and stuff."

"I do play basketball like with my brothers and some NBA dudes when they come home and stuff," he added. "So, I keep my game always touched up pretty much."

As for what the 27-year-old believes he could add to an NBA team, Ball suggested he would find a way to fill a need.

"I would like them to know that I'm a winner first," he said when asked what he would tell any general managers who had interest in potentially signing him. "So like when I come on to a team, it's like I try to see, I try to do what the team needs to win. ... If they need an impact score, I feel like I could produce scoring, defense and winning," Ball said. "Like I just got a winning vibe for real. I'ma do whatever play it takes."

All of that being said, "music's my main career choice."

Which is probably the correct mentality, as it's hard to imagine any NBA teams inquiring about the services of a player whose professional basketball career only includes stops in the G League, the Lithuanian Basketball League and the Mexican Basketball League CIBACOPA.