{"id":165762,"date":"2019-01-02T15:56:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T23:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=165762"},"modified":"2023-03-21T14:26:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T21:26:09","slug":"talking-melo-ball-in-the-paint-podcast-3rd-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/talking-melo-ball-in-the-paint-podcast-3rd-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Melo Ball: \"In The Paint\" Podcast 3rd Episode!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ballislifes-in-the-paint-show\/id1447162261?mt=2\"><span class=\"s1\">Subscribe to our new Podcast on iTunes here<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;| &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/the-maturation-of-melo\/\">The Maturation of Melo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the third episode of our all-new <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ballislifes-in-the-paint-show\/id1447162261?mt=2\">\"<em>In The Paint Show,<\/em>\"<\/a> hosts <strong>Ronnie Flores<\/strong> and <strong>Devin Ugland<\/strong>&nbsp;discuss <strong>LaMelo Ball<\/strong> from his Chino Hills (Calif.) days to overseas and now back in the states with SPIRE Institute (Geneva, Ohio). 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The guys also discuss the current state of Pac-12 Conference basketball.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/553229229&amp;color=%2362a6eb&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about our hosts, Ronnie Flores and Devin Ugland, and to get more information about what \"In The Paint\" is all about, check out our intro below!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/547317276&amp;color=%2362a6eb&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ballislifes-in-the-paint-show\/id1447162261?mt=2\"><span class=\"s1\">Subscribe to our new Podcast on iTunes here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the third episode of our all-new \"In The Paint Show,\" hosts Ronnie Flores and Devin Ugland\u00a0discuss LaMelo Ball. 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