LaVar Ball can rub many the wrong way, but Rudy Gobert is not one of them.
Before his Utah Jazz played the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday, the All-NBA big man said that he liked the divisive Ball family patriarch and called him a “pretty good dad,” according to Kyle Goon of the Salt Lake Tribune.
Rudy Gobert says he likes LaVar Ball: “He got the world’s attention. I think that’s what he wanted. Everyone fell into his trap.”
— Kyle Goon (@kylegoon) October 28, 2017
Gobert on LaVar Ball: “He seems like a pretty good dad to me. I think his kids are all pretty good.”
— Kyle Goon (@kylegoon) October 28, 2017
Ball continues to cause controversy now that his eldest son Lonzo is in his rookie season with the Lakers. But it’s hard not to respect him as a father and as a businessman, and that seems to be what Gobert is getting at here.
