LiAngelo Ball Rumors: Lakers, Warriors Pre-Draft Workout Dates Scheduled

LiAngelo Ball reportedly has a workout scheduled with the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday and the Golden State Warriors on June 10, according to Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports.

"The Lakers are my priority, for sure," Ball told ESPNLA Radio's Marcellus and Travis Show last week, per Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN.com. "I want to play with my brother. Ever since I played with Zo, we went undefeated. When we get older, we will get stronger, faster and a better feel for the game. I'm willing to play for other teams, but my priority is to play with my brother."

Ball's chances for playing for any team next season, let alone joining his brother Lonzo in Los Angeles, appear uncertain at best. 

"If he gets drafted it will be as a publicity stunt only," an unnamed scout told Sam Amico of AmicoHoops.net. "Not saying that's a terrible reason if you have a second-rounder that you don’t plan to utilize. But he's not an NBA player."

As for Ball's performances in Lithuania, the scout added: "He did OK over there. But there are better American players overseas who wouldn't get drafted. I don't see how he does unless a team wants some extra media attention for training camp."

In general, the consensus seems to be that Ball has some translatable traits but his overall game doesn't appear to be NBA worthy: 

None of this means that an NBA team won't take a chance on Ball or may not see upside in his game. But the chances for that happening don't appear to be high, either, especially after he wasn't invited to the NBA Scouting Combine.

But his father, LaVar Ball, believes teams might change their tune when seeing him live.

"Gelo has to be seen—not talking about on a highlight tape—in person, to see what type of guy he is, the way he's built," he said recently, per Youngmisuk. "The way he plays the game. Whenever [he and Lonzo] play together, they are great together."