LaVar Ball's JBA tips off Thursday
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While most of the basketball world will be watching the NBA draft Thursday night, LaVar Ball is set to launch his Junior Basketball Association (JBA) with a doubleheader in suburban Los Angeles.
The Atlanta Ballers will take on the Chicago Ballers in the first game, with the Los Angeles Ballers - featuring LaVar's youngest son LaMelo Ball - hosting the New York Ballers. Both contests, as well as all JBA games this season, will be available on Facebook.
Ball has had trouble selling tickets for the new league, according to the New York Post's Jaclyn Hendricks.