John Calipari doesn’t always agree with Lavar Ball, but says he’s a father who ‘loves his sons’
John Calipari has presumably dealt with all
John Calipari has presumably dealt with all
Lavar Ball plans to launch a new pro basketball league for high school graduates next summer.
The “Junior Basketball Association” will pay players “up to $10,000 per month,” according to a release from Big Baller Brand, which of course will sponsor the league. The lowest-ranked player will receive $3,000 a month, ESPN reported.
The league has no venues rented and ticket prices have not been set, ESPN reported.
“All nationally ranked high school seniors, whose main goal are to reach the NBA, will be offered an opportunity to join the JBA, turning pro straight out of high school and bypassing the usual college pit stop,” according to a release.
Charles Barkley isn't a fan of Lavar
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LaVar Ball isn’t backing down from Charles Barkley.
Or from his strong support of his son, Lonzo.
“If Charles thought like me, maybe he’d win a Championship,” the elder Ball said on the Colin Cowherd radio show.
LaVar Ball responds to Charles Barkley’s criticism: “If Charles thought like me, maybe he’d win a Championship.” pic.twitter.com/XWc9Y5n0Xg
— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) March 7, 2017
Barkley had earlier chimed in on LaVar Ball’s recent comments about his son.
“Just because you say some s—, doesn’t make it right,” Barkley said. “He’s gonna be better than Steph Curry? That’s what he said. Steph Curry has won a couple MVPs, he’s pretty good. Man, let me tell you something. That’s that AAU s—. You can’t say a guy is going to be better than Steph Curry, a guy who has played 30 college games. I know you can be proud of your son, but at some point, it becomes stupidity.”
In the past few days, LaVar Ball has been compared to famous sports fathers ranging from Marv Marinovich to Chris Cook to Richard Williams.
Yet despite LaVar’s outspoken comments regarding his son, UCLA freshman point guard Lonzo Ball, they are unlikely to impact the the young man’s draft status, several NBA personnel and experts told ZAGSBLOG.
Asked if NBA executives had concerns about LaVar, Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress.com said, “Yes, but thankfully for Lonzo, he’s good enough and stable enough that it shouldn’t affect him too much.”
