LiAngelo Ball’s relationship with UCLA did not last very long, in fact it spanned all of one exhibition game and a brief trip to China. However, according to Ball, in one of his final acts as a Bruin, he followed the university’s instructions to thank President Trump for his release.
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Here is the relevant quote from USA Today:
They wanted to hear that, and he tweeted about it before my speech so I had to add it in there right before I gave it. My school wanted to hear it too. Before I went up there, it’s like, ‘You gotta thank him.’ I just threw him in there real quick before I gave my speech.
Ball was also asked if he would have thanked Trump, had he known he would eventually leave UCLA to play basketball in Lithuania. Ball said, “No. If they didn’t want me to do it. If they didn’t tell me to do it, it wouldn’t have been in there, to be honest.”
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