9 Totally Believable LaVar Ball Claims

LaVar Ball is a 50-year-old father to a trio of gifted basketball-playing boys. He has yet to meet a microphone he doesn’t like. Occasionally he makes dubious claims absent of evidence. Here is a sampling of those.

Lonzo is better than Steph Curry.

This is the type of argument at a sports bar that would end in one party getting cut off. Steph Curry is one of the best point guards of all-time who wins titles in his sleep. Lonzo had a pretty decent rookie year with the Lakers. Tough call here.

“If Charles [Barkley] thought like me, maybe he’d win a championship.”

During one of Ball’s many visits to Colin Cowherd’s set, he identified that Hall of Fame Charles Barkley, who went ringless, had a problem between the ears. That problem? A brain that functions differently.

“Back in my heyday, I would kill Michael Jordan one-on-one.”

Yeah, he said this out loud. Ball was a force during his basketball-playing days, averaging a blistering 2.2 points/game at Washington State. So it’s possible, but still not likely, that two Ball clones could give Jordan a game.

His sons deserve a billion-dollar endorsement deal.

Look, he’s a reasonable man. It’ doesn’t have to be paid out all at once.

“A billion dollars, it has to be there,” Ball once said. “That’s our number, a billion, straight out of the gate. And you don’t even have to give it to me all up front. Give us $100 mil over 10 years.”

Guess there’s something to be said about aiming high.

“Never lost!”

Oops, that’s parody. Kind of hard to tell what’s real and what’s stagecraft at this point, right?

“Lonzo Ball is gonna take the Lakers to the playoffs in his first year.”

Hey, shocker here: they didn’t and it wasn’t even close. Hope you didn’t wager on it based on the belief Mr. Big Baller was feeding you good information. Now, with LeBron in tow, things could be different.

“Lonzo’s fittin’ to step over [Magic Johnson], to be the best guard ever.”

Had forgotten about this one. Lonzo Ball averaged 10.2 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 7.2 assists during his rookie year. Pretty good. He also can’t shoot the basketball with any consistency. His ceiling is probably Jason Kidd. There’s nothing wrong with that.

“Realistically you can’t win no championship with three white guys because the foot speed is too slow.”

Uhh, okay. This one doesn’t really hold up to a fact-check but that’s not the real problem here. It’s amazing how many regrettable and downright stupid things Ball has said that have just been glossed over. Looking forward to the next one.