Former Love and Hip Hop LA cast member Nikki Mudarris, aka Miss Nikki Baby, and pro basketball player LiAngelo Ball are expecting their first child together, Media Take Out has learned. LiAngelo is the THIRD “Ball” brother. His two brothers, LaMelo and Lonzo – who are both in the NBA.
Here’s the announcement that Nikki made on social media last night.
Liangelo is a professional basketball player for the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League. 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. A three-star recruit and UCLA signee, he decided to forgo college basketball after being suspended for shoplifting in China before the 2017–18 season. In turn, Ball signed with Lithuanian professional team Prienai. He later played in the Junior Basketball Association (JBA), a league founded by his father, before joining the G League at the end of 2019–20. He was briefly signed to the Detroit Pistons in late 2020, but was waived prior to the start of the 2020–21 season. Ball joined the Greensboro Swarm in 2021.
Ball and his brothers have attracted national attention since playing together in high school. His father, LaVar, also grew into a media personality in 2017. Ball has a signature shoe by his father’s company, Big Baller Brand, and a role on his family’s Facebook Watch reality show Ball in the Family.
Ball’s older brother, Lonzo, is a point guard for the Chicago Bulls and was the second-overall pick in the 2017 draft, while his younger brother LaMelo is a point guard for the Charlotte Hornets and was drafted third-overall in the 2020 draft. His cousin, Andre Ball, played college basketball for Pepperdine.
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