This is the logic that allows Ball to justify not thanking Trump for helping to secure the release of his son and two other players. Trump was already in the middle of a pre-planned trip to Asia. It’s not like he flew over there to save LiAngelo Ball alone! He just talked to the president of China about it! I mean, I guess?
Boom. Nailed it.
3. “You come around and shake my hand, and meet me, or meet my son, or anybody and then say you know what, maybe I can help you out.”
LaVar Ball is willing to say “thank you” to someone. But only if he meets you in person and/or shakes your hand.
4. “Just because people say things, you know, that’s supposed to be true, like hey, I stopped him from serving ten years. Maybe we were doing some talking with other people before he even got there.”
Ball suggests here that the three UCLA players were going to get out even before Trump called Chinese President Xi Jinping to ask for their release. Ball said much the same on Friday when asked about Trump’s role in the release.
“Who?,” he said of Trump.
5. “I don’t have — no doubts about what he did. I got doubts about what he didn’t do.”
So, wait. Ball doubts what Trump didn’t do? That would mean he doesn’t have doubts, right?
6. “If I’m coming to get you out of trouble, you best believe I’m going to take you with me.”
Trump left China without LiAngelo Ball, a major mistake in the eyes of Papa Big Baller.
7. “I didn’t say nothing about him. I didn’t say nothing about him.”
Uh….see numbers 1-6 above, LaVar.
8. “It’s just somebody ask me a question and I gave a lot of confusion to you.”
I read this sentence 5 times. I still have no clue. Neither did Cuomo who followed this Ball quote up with “it’s a lot of confusion to me.”
9. “Why is it confusing? Are you concerned?”
In an instant, Ball goes on offense against Cuomo — for some unknown reason. Ball and Trump — as has been pointed out ad nauseam — do have a lot in common in terms of their approach to the media and coverage. One of the biggest shared approaches is to see everyone as a threat and pick fights with people so you can play offense at all times.
10. “Somebody can make a suggestion and somebody could do something. You have people that make suggestions you got people that do things.”