Scandal is tanking Big Baller Brand, and LaVar Ball’s in trouble: Big Baller Brand is going down, which presents the question: Is LaVar Ball crashing down with it? Lakers guard Lonzo Ball is severing ties with a co-founder of the sneaker and apparel company, Alan…
LaVar Ball calls Donald Trump ‘racist’: LaVar Ball had an infamous run-in with President Donald Trump, which he recently gave a deeper dive into. LeBron James was the subject of a recent Trump tweet that led to even more publicity. Both …
LaVar Ball’s madness has a method: LaVar Ball opens the double-wide refrigerator and removes two dozen eggs, stacks of sausages, two tubes of frozen cinnamon rolls, a gallon of orange juice and 1…
LaVar Ball, family to star in reality show on Facebook | NBA.com: Los Angeles Lakers rookie guard Lonzo Ball is known by many for his passing skills, point guard acumen and the overall ability he brings as the No. 2 pick in the 2017 NBA Draft. Aside from his playing
NBA insiders open up on how much LaVar Ball hurts Lonzo: CHICAGO — LaVar Ball, the former Jets practice-squad tight end in the mid-1990s, didn’t make it to the combine. That is, this week’s NBA scouting combine that concluded Saturday. That was a relief …
LaVar Ball Reportedly Declined $10 Million Lonzo Shoe Deal: Sports apparel giants Nike, Adidas and Under Armour were reportedly prepared to offer UCLA point guard Lonzo Ball , a top prospect in the 2017 NBA draft, a $10 million shoe contract, but his father, LaVar Ball, wanted a “more lucrative” deal…
LaVar Ball’s act isn’t funny; it’s dangerous: At first, LaVar Ball was a guilty pleasure. Like the Kardashians, he was famous for being famous. It felt harmless. We were wrong. Twice now he has told a woman to “stay in her lane.” The truth is he’s a misogynist not worthy of our time.
Tourney refs cut ties with Adidas after Ball flap: The group that supplied refs for a Summer Championships game on Friday in Las Vegas will end its five-year relations with Adidas. The sneaker company replaced a female referee after LaVar Ball threatened to pull his team off the court.
Ball: Ref who gave me technical isn’t qualified: LaVar Ball threatened to pull his Big Baller Brand AAU team off the court after receiving a technical foul, eventually leading to a female referee being replaced midgame.
LaVar Ball attacks Fox Sports reporter in sexist rant: Criticizing his son’s former teammates at UCLA wasn’t enough. Nor was disparaging the players Lonzo Ball will be battling for draft position. LaVar Ball, the mouthpiece that never stops, took a few…
LaVar Ball casts blame on UCLA ‘white guys’: LaVar Ball says his son’s UCLA Bruins were ousted in the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16 because Lonzo was playing with an ailing hamstring and his three white teammates couldn’t make up for it.
LaVar Ball blames foot speed of white guys for UCLA downfall: Lonzo Ball pulled his hamstring during UCLA’s season-ending loss to Kentucky in the Sweet 16, his father LaVar Ball revealed Thursday, adding it prevented him from taking over for teammates …
LaVar Ball: ‘Everything…went exactly as planned’ in Lithuania: To some observers, the Ball family’s stint in Lithuania might’ve looked like nearly four months of barely controlled chaos. LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball did not rescue Prienu Vytautas from …
LiAngelo, LaMelo Ball’s coach not bothered by LaVar’s ‘nonsense’: Prienu Vytautas head coach Virginijus Seskus has been to hell and back with LaVar Ball in the three-and-a-half months since the Big Baller Brand CEO chaperoned LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball, along with …
LaVar Ball loves life in Lithuania: ‘everything is pure’: LaVar Ball spent NBA All-Star Weekend closer to home in Los Angeles, taking in festivities around town with Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball. But if comments from the Big Baller Brand CEO prior…
HS junior LaMelo Ball has $395 signature shoe: After it was announced that his youngest son has his own signature shoe for $395, LaVar Ball said he doesn’t care if it affects the college eligibility for the high school junior.
LaVar Ball responds to criticism from Nike exec: LaVar Ball responded to Nike global basketball sports marketing director George Raveling on Friday, saying that his Big Baller Brand will soon compete with the apparel giant.
Sources: Lakers asked LaVar to tone it down: LaVar Ball confirmed that he met with the Lakers’ front office recently to discuss his criticisms of head coach Luke Walton, saying of the meeting, “It’s about coming together and to get a solution to this problem.”
LaVar Ball tweets at Trump: Furthering his public feud with President Donald Trump, LaVar Ball on Thursday tweeted a gif that portrays a cartoon image of him dunking on Trump, accompanied by the hash tags “thetrumpdunk” and “stayinyolane.”
LaVar on Trump’s role in UCLA incident: ‘Who?’: LaVar Ball downplayed President Donald Trump’s role in getting son LiAngelo and two other UCLA freshmen out of legal trouble following the players’ arrests in China, telling ESPN, “Everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out.”
LaVar Ball returning to ESPN’s ‘First Take’; sorry, America: LaVar Ball has turned off a lot of ESPN personalities with his outlandish statements, but Bristol believes it’s good TV. So LaVar is returning to the studio for another round on
Who is LaVar Ball?: Greetings, earthlings: Crazy NBA dad-to-be LaVar Ball has invaded your televisions, computers and brains, and he is never going away.
UCLA not fazed by Lonzo Ball’s father guaranteeing a national title: One night after his star freshman’s father guaranteed a national championship during a mid-game TV interview, UCLA coach Steve Alford insisted he’s neither surprised nor upset. Alford said after Friday’s 82-71 victory over Nebraska that Lavar Ball’s high standards and loud-mouthed bravado have brought
Billion dollar babies: Balls seek $1B shoe deal: LaVar Ball says he’s seeking one $1 billion shoe deal that will cover his sons Lonzo, LiAngelo and LaMelo when each eventually makes it to the NBA.
Lonzo Ball’s dad clarifies ‘Lakers only’ talk: LaVar Ball, father of UCLA star Lonzo Ball, said he wants his son to play for the Lakers but clarified an earlier statement saying the freshman phenom would play for only the storied franchise.
LaVar Ball pulls son LiAngelo out of UCLA: LaVar Ball has told ESPN that he has pulled his son LiAngelo out of UCLA after the player was suspended indefinitely because of a shoplifting incident.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: LaVar Christopher Ball (born October 23, 1967) is an american businessman and former professional football tight end . he is the father of three basketball players: new Orleans pelicans point guard Lonzo and current Illawarra Hawk ball was a practice squad member of the new york jets and the Carolina Panthers in 1995 . he never played an official regular season game in the nfl . in the spring of 2017, he made bold statements ball is considered the middle child of his family . he has four brothers, named LaFrance, LaValle, LaRenzo, and LaShon . in one season, Ball grabbed a total of 316 Ball was 6ft 4 in (1.93 m) and weighed 250 lbs (113 kg) by college . he majored in criminal justice at college and had hopes of being a U.S. Marsh ball transferred to NCAA Division I Washington State and became a starting forward . in 26 games for the Cougars, he averaged only 2.2 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game . on may ball returned to the Jets on march 7, 1995, as a tight end . he was immediately sent to the London monarchs of the WLAF the same year . according to his teammates, Ball was “garbag ball and his sons made national sports headlines when a feature story was written . in a march 2016 interview, he described his son as “Magic (Johnson) with a jumper” the family continued rising ball predicted his sons would be one-and-done prospects for the NBA draft by playing only one year of college basketball . in early march 2017, he said he viewed Lonzo as a better player than Stephen Curry ball: “back in my heyday, I would kill Michael Jordan one-on-one” his comments comparing himself with Jordan resulted in a significant increase in media attention . a YouTube video of the segment has the players were accused of stealing sunglasses from a Louis Vuitton store in the mall . after an alleged request from u.s. president . Donald Trump and his administration were on a 12-day visit “everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out,” Ball says . two days later, Trump labeled Ball “very ungrateful” and stated that he “should have left them in jail” the decision led to LiAngelo’s withdrawal from the UCLA basketball program . ball mentioned that if he was going to thank anyone during that ordeal, it would be towards the Chinese president instead . he also ball says he wouldn’t vote for Trump at all in 2020 presidential elections . ball says his son is focusing on winning in a November loss to the Phoenix suns . he says the coaching is making him appear soft the “LaVar Ball Rule” forbids media from talking with team’s family members at home games . lavar ball: “the Lakers have 100 percent confidence” in his abilities . other NBA coaches responded to Lakers owner Jeanie Buss posts a tweet showing her support for Walton . the tweet was followed by general manager rob pelinka’s tweet . lakers beat the knicks 4-1 in their Lonzo’s connection to the brand while he played college basketball at UCLA raised questions . in mid-March, Time wrote an article describing the brand’s campaign against the NCAA rules . on may 4, 2017, Big Baller on twitter, many NFL players were critical of the shoe price . the Washington Post wrote that Ball’s style of promoting the shoe was both shameless and smart . NCAA rules allow prospects to promote commercial products prior to enrollment . laVar expressed a general disregard for the NCAA rules . ball would create his own brand of shoes for his son called the Gelo 3 . laVar and his wife will have signature shoes later on as well . his eldest son cut ties with the Big Baller Brand’s manager and co-founder Alan Foster . the family discussed folding the business altogether after Vytautas withdrew from the Baltic Basketball League (BBL) and created a five-game exhibition series . the event took place from January 9 through January 29 and games were live streamed through ball announced he was pulling his younger sons off the team and would return to the us for the 2018 NBA draft . ekus stated that the Ball family essentially “came for the show, not for basketball despite finishing their season in last place, Vytautas would remain in the LKL . they would lose their team sponsorship name and no longer have the Big Baller Brand as an official sponsor . the goal the junior basketball association’s logo is set to have a silhouette of his oldest son, Lonzo . his inspiration for creating the league came from the aftermath of LiAngelo Ball’s situation in UCLA . on may Ball coached the Western Conference’s All-Star team . he also created the Big Baller Brand Challenge Games . the international tournament was a round robin tournament . after the conclusion of the 2018 JBA season, the league set up an international season to compete against other nations’ young basketball teams . the event was projected to last longer into 2019, but a fight during one of the games cancelled other games basketball legends have said that Ball has had a negative effect on the sport . several notable basketball figures have attacked Ball on social media . basketball stars like demarcuscous, dwyane wade and Lonzo told his son: ‘one of these games you might need to go for 30 or 40 points.’ It turned out that was the one game. Then once they get to the Elite 8, they’re right there.’ ball downplayed the remarks, viewing them as “a joke” he never faced in Leahy’s direction for the whole interview . he said “i love those guys” and instead blamed the loss on ball argued with leahy about if Big Baller Brand should market to both men and women . he called her a “hater” for her previous criticism of his parenting . “She scares me “you can’t come at me and disrespect me and not look me in the eye and threaten me. That’s just not OK.” Ball, however, denied threatening her. “LaVar Ball officially has moved from outl ball’s remarks on the show were labeled a “sexist rant” after the incident, Big Baller Brand began selling women’s clothing . the magazine Complex called the incident “his most classless move yet” “ball drew further criticism for sexism as the coach of the Big Baller Brand AAU team,” he says . “just giving techs and calling fouls, that’s no way to ball also said that the referee needed to “stay in her lane” and criticized her for being “not in shape” “days after the incident, the officiating group for the event cut ties with Adidas,” adidas: “neither should be compromised as they were in this situation” in the fallout of the game, several media outlets and newspapers directed flak to Ball’s actions . basketball analyst Jay Bilas labels ball a a sports column in the Chicago Tribune called him a “media-made Frankenstein unworthy of obsessive coverage” “ball made an appearance on ESPN’s First Take to discuss the recent trade of his son Lonzo ball has been condemned for trying to “get rich off his kids’ accomplishments” he declined Lonzo’s $10 million shoe contract with Nike, Adidas, and Under Armour . before the 2017 NBA draft, Ball was seen as ball removed his son LaMelo from Chino Hills High School to personally train him . ball and his wife have three sons, Lonzo, LiAngel, and LaMélo . both have LaVar also was an assistant coach during the fourth game of the Big Baller Brand Challenge Games . he later coached Vytautas again for the big baller brand international tournament . his wife, Tin Lonzo Ball’s younger sons played at the same high school and originally both committed to UCLA . it would be a part of a larger project for the social media website to enter the video business . the show, called a local Lithuanian pizza shop named Tango Pizza expanded their business and revamped their menus . a popular special named after Lavar that’s the equivalent of a meat lover’s pizza . 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