LaMelo hurt his back as a result of some experiments regarding some of Vytautas ' regular-season games .
However , after some experiments regarding some of Vytautas ' regular season games , one involving LaMelo doing his thing similar to his father 's coaching style and another sitting him out throughout the entirety of the game ,   : //lonzowire.usatoday.com/2018/04/12/liangelo-ball-lamelo-ball-lavar-ball-vytautas-nevezis-lkl/ head coach Virginijus Šeškus announced that he does not intend on having the youngest Ball brother play for the rest of the LKL season , mainly for the purpose of trying to make up lost ground on a potential playoff run and avoid demotion from the league.  On April 25 , after neither LaMelo nor LiAngelo Ball played a single minute in a 73–69 loss to Šiauliai , their father LaVar announced that the two Ball brothers would leave the team and return to the United States until at least the 2018 NBA draft.  Local reporters in Lithuania had thought that LaMelo 's time with the team turned out to be a setback for him , noting they had expected better from him than the production he had set up for local , regular season games.
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