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Update President Donald Trump continued his feud with basketball dad LaVar Ball, suggesting Ball’s son and two other Americans should have been left in a Chinese jail until the next presidential trip. Trump said China’s shoplifting punishment of 5-10 years in jail is “as it should be.” See the full tweet below. Previou…

LaVar Ball, patriarch of the famed basketball family, has denied that President Donald Trump helped his son, UCLA freshman basketballer LiAngelo Ball, get out of potential shoplifting charges in China. Speaking to ESPN, LaVar Ball said “everyone” wanted to make it seem like Trump helped the family, and noted that…

Donald Trump, who had tweet-shamed three UCLA basketball players into thanking him for their release from China after being arrested for shoplifting Louis Vuitton sunglasses, this morning tweet-simpered “You are welcome.” He then directed them to thank China’s President Xi Jinping “who made your release possible.” The…

The UCLA basketball team is heading home to Los Angeles from China without star freshman LiAngelo Ball, who is accused of shoplifting and is being detained. And it may be a while before Ball rejoins them, as new evidence in his case has surfaced. ESPN is reporting that there is surveillance footage of Ball and…