#LavarBallSays- Ball In The Family (the Other Ball Kid Content)

Like father like son.

 

It's Jeanie's team represented and run by Magic.

On the court, the thing we're building, it won't be anyone's "team". Whose team is it up north? Is it Curry's? Durant's? Klay's?

 

Posted in the NCAA scandal thread, but posting here too since it's Lavar saying it.

In wake of the recent FBI investigation of corruption involving multiple college basketball assistant coaches and advisors, LaVar Ball claims that he has been approached various times with offers that violate NCAA rules.

On the CBS Sports podcast “Flagrant Two,” Ball was asked if he has ever received illegal offers regarding his sons.

“Every summer. They keep coming every summer to get me to say yes,” he said. “They offered you money, they offered to take care of the AAU team [his Big Ballers team], they're gonna give everybody uniforms, everybody shoes. I mean, it's just, any kind of way.

“But see, the word got out that LaVar don't need that. Someone even had a false accusation that said, 'Oh, LaVar asked me for $200,000.' I was like, 'Wow, that's funny.' What am I gonna do with $200,000? After I've bought a car and paid some bills I'm stuck right where I'm at. So $200,000 ain't gonna do nothing.

“So me and my wife, we got a job, we do our thing. And the way we pay our boys, whatever car they want, we get it. That's a small price to pay when your kid has a scholarship and you don't have to save no money for that.”

It sounded like the offers were not high enough for Ball.

Ball is the father of Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball, current UCLA player LiAngelo Ball and Chino Hills High School junior and UCLA commit LaMelo Ball.

Ball is the founder of Big Baller Brand, which sells athletic apparel. The brand has also launched signature shoes for two of his sons. The two youngest sons play for his Big Ballers AAU team.

 

I'm hoping his big mouth doesn't get him a subpoena to court to testify and give up the names of the people that offered him that money.

 

I hope so too. At this point, I think every coach and Athletic Director are in on it.

 

Sounds like a good idea, kid doesn’t seem entitled enough already, why should he have to learn to better play real team ball and live real life to earn his way to the pros

 

HAHAHAHAHAHA

 

Kids going to college / pros don't care about HS basketball. AAU is where they get recognition, ratings, and face the toughest competition.

Lavar had the last coach hired and fired and was key to putting that school on the bball map. Pretty sure they were tired of his antics too.

 

Lavar basically built the program and the coach wanted to run a different system (which is his right). Lavar's right to pull the kid. I don't have a ton of problem with it since the kid has a great shot at being a draft pick. As long as they stay focused on the goal: make the league.

On a personal level, I'd never do this in a million years, but I'm not offended by it.

 

Lavar trains all the kids who play on that team. He trains them to run and play a style more similar to D'Antoni than Showtime, but similar. By calling out his son, which he admittedly took personally, the coach is also questioning Lavar's methods altogether which Lavar took exceptional offense to. It's one thing to call out the kid, but the coach called out Lavar on what he feels is a personal level (as a professional). I understand it.

I do agree that the entire situation is less than ideal. I think that Lavar in an effort to empower the athlete is probably taking things too far, but sometimes you have to take things too far to realize how far they need go to be changed for the better.

 

I would've loved to have had a father like Lavar growing up. Just sayin.