Lavar Ball seems to love to talk to the media about how great his son Lonzo is, but he took it a step too far recently, when he told SportsRadio 1290 in Arizona, that his son would only play for the Lakers. Naturally, there were strong reactions to his comments, so Lavar Ball decided to clarify his comments.
Here is what he told ESPN.
Lonzo Ball‘s father clarified statements made Saturday to an Arizona radio station about the UCLA star playing for only the Los Angeles Lakers.
“All I said was that my boy is going to play for the Lakers, and I’m going to speak it into existence,” LaVar Ball told ESPN on Saturday night. “I want him to be a Laker, but I wasn’t saying he’s only going to play for the Lakers.”
“I’m not trying to say he won’t play for a different team,” he said. “But I’d like him to play for the Lakers because it’s home, and I’d love him to learn from Magic [Johnson]. He’s the best guard ever to me, and nobody better for Lonzo to learn from than Magic Johnson.”
Lonzo Ball is a star at UCLA averaging 15 points, 6.3 rebounds and 7.5 assists, and expected to be a lottery pick in the next draft. There is chance that the Lakers may get Ball, but don’t expect to see a Steve Francis style holdout if another team drafts him.
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