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The most popular man in the building at the Los Angeles Lakers’ preseason opener on Saturday may well have been LaVar Ball. The Ball family patriarch held court at the Honda Center ahead of the team’s preseason game, and the line to meet …
Lonzo Ball has done an excellent job thus far of not letting his father’s outlandish remarks become a distraction for him, and the Los Angeles Lakers rookie believes that will continue in his first NBA season. Lakers coach Luke Walton, son of …
LaVar Ball is already at it again — and he thinks that he knows LeBron James’s next destination. Ball made clear in a recent interview that he thinks James is coming to Los Angeles — and he’s going to “fall in …
In the question of signature shoe vs. college eligibility, LaVar Ball and son LaMelo are picking the shoe. The patriarch of the Ball family said Sunday that if the choice came down to LaMelo keeping his college eligibility or keeping his own shoe, …
LaVar Ball may be extremely outspoken and controlling with his sons, but those ways may not extend to the UCLA basketball team. At least Steve Alford is not worried about that. Alford told the Los Angeles Times’ Ben Bolch that he does not see …
The Ball family’s Big Baller Brand is apparently having trouble securing their coveted co-branding agreement from even smaller-name companies. ESPN’s Nick DePaula reported on Friday that Big Baller Brand reached out to Anta, a China-based …
Michael Jordan finally responded earlier in the week to LaVar Ball’s absurd claim that he could beat the six-time NBA champion in a game of one-on-one, and you won’t be surprised to learn that Jordan disagrees. You’ll be even less …
Michael Jordan has probably faced a lot of questions about LaVar Ball since the infamous basketball dad become one of America’s favorite heels, and His Airness is finally ready to address one of Ball’s most ridiculous claims to date. At …
LaVar Ball managed to have a referee removed from a game on Saturday after he became furious over a technical foul that was called on him, and Adidas has since apologized for the way the situation was handled. In a statement given to For the Win on …
LaVar Ball has been heavily criticized for his conduct in a recent AAU game, and now the NBA Referees Association is joining in. The group’s official Twitter account sent a series of tweets ripping Ball after he had a female referee removed …
How much weight does LaVar Ball carry at this point? Enough that he getting the superstar treatment. ESPN’s Myron Medcalf reported Friday that Adidas pressured officials at their Summer Championships event in Las Vegas not to eject Ball from …
It was the Big Baller’s turn to respond to the Big Aristotle on Friday night. Before his AAU team’s latest game, LaVar Ball was asked about Shaquille O’Neal’s newly-released diss track on him. “Hey man, people still …
Shaq never has been one to shy away from a good publicity opportunity when he sees one, so it’s no surprise that he has responded to LaVar Ball with a diss track. Shaq has taken shots at LaVar Ball over the past few months as the Big Baller …
LaVar Ball threatened to remove his AAU team from the court for the second time in a week on Friday, but the referee he was upset with ended up leaving instead. ESPN’s Jeff Borzello was in attendance for Ball’s Big Baller Brand …
LaVar Ball may have outdone himself yet again. Before his Big Ballers AAU team played Zion Williamson’s SC Supreme team on Wednesday night, basketball’s most notorious hype man proudly boasted that he and 15-year-old son LaMelo, who …
LaVar Ball was unhappy with the way things were going in a game he was coaching on Saturday, so he pulled his entire Big Ballers AAU team off the court and forfeited. The forfeiture came during a playoff game at the Double Pump Best of Summer …
