The fine people of Lithuania seem kind of excited about the fact that the Ball family is coming to town. This was evident in the parody video that someone made where they pretended to work for a Lithuanian tourism agency. It was hilarious, sure, but it did give a glimpse into where LiAngelo and LaMelo ball are going to start their professional hoops careers.
Next up on the Ball Family Welcome Wagon™ is this English language announcer for the team they are joining, Vytautas. Sadly he does not mention anything about the team’s coach selling meat out of his car to his players after practices, but he did want to welcome the duo along with their father, LaVar.
So the announcer did what anyone would do if they were put in the same situation: Break out into a lighthearted and simply delightful song. Listen to how exited he is to welcome the Balls to Lithuania.
This LKL TV commentator felt like @Lavarbigballer, @MELOD1P and @LiAngeloBall needed a special welcome to Lithuania and burst into song at the beginning of the broadcast of today's Vytautas game.
I am dying, call an ambulance. 😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/EnDNAwVYN1
— Simonas Baranauskas (@simasbar) December 12, 2017
To be serious for a second, it is cool that he does legitimately sound excited about the family coming over and joining the team. Seeing as how there was some controversy about LaMelo getting pulled from Chino Hills and LiAngelo getting pulled from UCLA, that is nice to see.
But at the same time, this song is so silly and well-rehearsed that I have to imagine he spent some time writing this one out. I would also like to know if “The Land of Beautiful Basketball” is a formal nickname that is used by the strategic communications division of their federal government or if this moniker is a new one. If it’s the former, that rules. If it’s the latter, someone get this guy in touch with someone who can make that happen, because that’s one heck of a nickname.
