According to reports, basketball player LaMelo Ball is about to sign a contract with German sporting goods manufacturer PUMA. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, the two partners are already negotiating a contract and are near closing.

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1298688638172180491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Allegedly, we are supposed to get an update today. If LaMelo Ball really signs the contract, he would be the first of the family to sign a contract outside his family’s Big Baller brand. We would then see the basketball player next to Kyle Kuzma, R.J. Barrett, DeAndre Ayton and other stars.