Andrew wrote:
I doubt he could even beat the guy wearing the Michael Jordan Wizards jersey one-on-one.
Andrew wrote:I realise the video is more recent and he's not in his physical prime there. It was just a convenient jab, given that one of his opponents was wearing a Jordan jersey.
Sounds like he was pretty athletic for his size, but not particularly skilled; certainly not pro-level skilled, be it in basketball or football. Also, if this is the West Los Angeles College he transferred to, it's a community college in the Western State Conference. Not exactly Division I and the Pac-12, like his son.
Andrew wrote:It makes a lot of sense, though. He got further than a lot of people do in terms of athletic pursuits, but still ended up well short of what he probably dreamed of. Sure, he starred for a community college playing against weaker competition, and he got a couple of tryouts with the NFL, but I'm sure he set the bar higher for himself. It's more than a lot of people accomplish, but it pales in comparison to the all-time NCAA, NBA, and NFL greats. And so, he lives vicariously through his sons, while making excuses and bold and bizarre hypothetical claims.
Andrew wrote:I doubt he could even beat the guy wearing the Michael Jordan Wizards jersey one-on-one.
Dee4Three wrote:Seems Lavar Ball has kind of turned into the new Chuck Norris of sports.
“Realistically you can’t win no championship with three white guys because the foot speed is too slow,” Ball said. “I told Lonzo - ‘One of these games you might need to go for 30 or 40 points.' It turned out the that was the one game. Then once they get to the Elite 8, they’re right there.”
“People thought he was giving up, but he popped his hamstring,” LaVar Ball said of Lonzo in the game. “He said ‘I was trying to run, but my hamstring was pulled.’ But he’s never going to make excuses.”
An endorsement deal with Nike, Under Armour or Adidas is not in the cards for Lonzo Ball.
Ball's father, LaVar, confirmed that the three shoe and apparel companies informed him they were not interested in completing a deal with his son. Sources with the three companies told ESPN.com that they indeed were moving on.
Never in the history of modern-day shoe endorsements have the big companies all stepped away from a potential top pick nearly two months before the NBA draft. But LaVar, who has been representing Lonzo in the deal, has offered something that has no precedent.
In his meetings with all three companies, LaVar insisted that they license his upstart Big Baller Brand from him, according to the companies. He also showed the companies a shoe prototype that he hoped would be Lonzo's first shoe.
"We've said from the beginning, we aren't looking for an endorsement deal," LaVar told ESPN. "We're looking for co-branding, a true partner. But they're not ready for that because they're not used to that model. But hey, the taxi industry wasn't ready for Uber, either."
Last week, Nike consultant George Raveling, at SportsBusiness Journal's World Congress of Sports, called LaVar "the worst thing to happen to basketball in the last hundred years."
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