So I have been going back and forth on writing this article for a while now. The Ball family saga has been nothing short of ridiculous, but there have been plenty of good things that have come out of it. The thing is, Lavar Ball has now reached a point where I just have to say something.

What in the world is wrong with you?

Very rarely do I contradict someone on their parenting because I am not a parent, nor am I an expert in parenting. Now though, this is not just about parenting, or even business, it is about your kids' education. Not only did you pull LiAngelo from UCLA and LaMelo from high school, but these potential pro deals in Lithuania would make LaMelo ineligible for the NCAA.

The trend is for people to be one and done at the collegiate level anyways, but one year is better than none. One year of a college education can help the two younger Ball brothers learn something, even if it's just something about themselves. Without being able to play basketball at the college level, I do not see why either LiAngleo or LaMelo would want anything to do with college.

Lavar is doing all this because he believes that it will both help his kids' draft stock going forward and give them the opportunity to capitalize on their name and likeness as part of the Big Baller Brand. I do not know which of those is Lavar's real top priority, but I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say it is the draft. So does sending his kids abroad make sense as it pertains to making them better players and helping them get drafted?

If we're being honest, probably not.

LiAngelo is not that talented of a player to warrant a lottery pick, so he needs to develop a ton while overseas to reach that level. LiAngelo would have benefited from being coached at UCLA, but now he is going overseas where he will not receive the same kind of training that he could in the U.S. He could have developed as a defender at UCLA, which likely will not happen abroad, but at least he is an adult with a high school diploma.

LaMelo was pulled out of high school by his father so that he can focus on basketball. LaMelo, a 16-year-old kid, is now going overseas to play basketball instead of finishing high school, and he still needs to develop as a basketball player. LaMelo, like his brother LiAngelo, never really developed as a defender.

So both brothers are incomplete prospects banking on professional basketball careers. Maybe they will both develop overseas, but it is not a guarantee. There really is not even a guarantee that they will be successful NBA players.

One thing that is guaranteed, neither one of them will have the education to fall back on if they do not succeed. It's a good thing they are famous because they might need it to fall back on. One perk of being in America is being famous is something you can do professionally.

It is great for the Ball family to make a move like this because they are now famous enough to be successful regardless of talent, think the Kardashians, but the same can't be said for anyone else who tries it. Lavar Ball may have just started the most dangerous trend for the future of basketball. If this experiment works, the "one-and-done's" might stop spending a year in college, and start spending a year playing internationally, which is a great sign for the future of the NCAA and the future of education.

So thanks for that, Lavar Ball.