LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball are reportedly in talks to sign possibly underwhelming contracts for a small Lithuanian basketball team

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• LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball, the sons of LaVar Ball, are reportedly in contract negotiations with Lithuanian basketball club Prienu Vytautas.
• LiAngelo and LaMelo were supposed to be play for UCLA, but the plan fell apart when LaVar Ball pulled LiAngelo from UCLA over his indefinite suspension for shoplifting in China.
• The Lithuanian club reportedly hopes the Balls will bring a marketing boon to the club, but neither player is expected to have a big role on the team.

LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball, the two youngest sons of LaVar Ball and youngest brother of the Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball, are in contract discussions with a Lithuanian basketball team, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski and Jonathan Givony.

LiAngelo Ball was recently pulled out of UCLA by his father after being indefinitely suspended following his arrest on a charge of shoplifting in China. LaMelo Ball had a scholarship offer from UCLA, but had major eligibility questions because of his shoe line with his family's Big Baller Brand clothing company.

According to ESPN, the team, Prienu Vytautas, plans to decide in the next 24-48 hours whether to sign the Ball brothers. ESPN reported that the club hopes the Ball brothers and LaVar could provide a marketing boon for the team.

Givony reported that the salaries and roles of the Ball brothers may not be significant.

According to ESPN's report, Prienu Vytautuas is in a small village in southern Lithuania with a population of about 10,000 people and few English speakers.

When LaVar announced he was pulling LiAngelo from UCLA, he said it would be to prepare him for the NBA Draft. However, several reports said NBA teams didn't even consider LiAngelo a prospect.

ESPN's Jeff Borzello reported earlier in December that LiAngelo's arrest in China and LaMelo's eligibility questions began fracture the standing relationship between the Balls and UCLA. While LaMelo is regarded as a better prospect than LiAngelo, without playing in college, he would likely have to wait a year to end the NBA Draft or play overseas. From the sounds of it, there haven't been offers elsewhere.