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Thursday / November 14.
  • Charles Barkley on Lavar Ball: ‘He represents everything that’s bad about sports’

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    Charles Barkley isn’t a fan of Lavar Ball.

    Not even a little bit.

    “He represents everything that’s bad about sports,” Barkley told ESPN’s Golic and Wingo. “It’s all about him.”

    He added: “Everybody talking about how he might be a good father, this and that. No he’s not. He’s just exploiting his kids. … He’s all about Big Baller Brand. He has no foreseeable talent. He’s trying to make money off his kids, and I just feel sadness for those kids because they’re going to do whatever he tells them to do. I just don’t like the guy at all, plain and simple. And don’t tell me he’s a good father. Just because you exploit your kids, trying to make money because you have no talent, that does not make you a good father.”

    “I wish there was a place farther away from America they could send him,” Barkley said. “I don’t know where Lithuania is, but if there is another place farther away, I would love it.”

    I spent Sunday with Lavar and his three boys here in New York. You can read my piece on Bleacher Report.

    Lavar, LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball then sat courtside Tuesday night for the Knicks’ 113-109 OT victory over Lonzo Ball and the Lakers.

    Lavar figures to be on the scene Thursday night when the Lakers visit LeBron James and the Cavaliers (8 p.m., TNT).

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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