LaMelo Ball Was Snubbed From The McDonald’s All-American Game And People Are Salty

If you were hoping to see LaMelo Ball sleepwalk to the half-court line and launch up bombs at America’s most prestigious high school basketball showcase, you’re shit outta luck.

The rosters for the McDonald’s All-American Game was unveiled Thursday during ESPN’s The Jump, and the 17-year-old guard was not one of the 24 players listed.

If the metric was skill alone, we’d surely see LaMelo on the roster, as ESPN recently ranked LaMelo a No. 13 overall 2019 prospect and a five-star recruit.

But, as For the Win points out, McDonald’s All-American Game organizers made a business decision to steer clear of the racket the Ball family would bring to the event. Back in November, a game official told TMZ Sports that LaMelo had already been deemed ineligible due to his participation professionally in Lithuania and in the JBA League.

“LaMelo Ball is a professional basketball player and has played professionally in Lithuania resulting in him being ineligible for the McDonald’s All-American Game.” [via]

However, if you take a deeper dive into the game’s guidelines, you’ll find that LaMelo meets all the listed criteria to play in the game. Or I should say he technically doesn’t NOT meet all the criteria. Game officials simply made a business decision to set a standard. And some fans are pissed.

https://twitter.com/OHYEAH_BIG12/status/1088552232990199810

https://twitter.com/SwaggyP_Leak1/status/1088581597379653633

https://twitter.com/Pumpa5/status/1088552646007377920

The game will be played on Wednesday, March 27th at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena. I wonder if LaMelo will show up as a spectator. Troll city.

[h/t For The Win]