VIDEO: Lonzo Ball Trolls Father LaVar In Funny FootLocker Commercial
LaVar Ball seemingly does everything in his power to make sure his family name is well-known. He's also been on talk shows and argued the talent level of his basketball playing sons in the most humorous ways possible — but this time the jokes on him.
Ball, 47, was the butt of the joke during a Father's Day-inspired Foot Locker commercial, which is set to debut during the NBA Draft this month. It features possible draft picks De'Aaron Fox, Jayson Tatum and Jonathan Isaac. His son, Lonzo Ball, also makes a cameo. The ad shows the young ball players reminiscing about basketball moments they shared with their fathers.
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Ball relentlessly trolls his father. The draft prospect interjects in jest while Tatum, Isaac, and Fox shared loving tales of moments with their fathers.
Ball recounts the embarrassing moments his father put him through, like the time he criticized his high school coach during a game. “Of course, there’s that big day when your dad berates your high school coach in front of an entire crowd for not getting you enough touches,” Ball says in the Wednesday commercial, released by FootLocker.
Ball's father is adamant about letting the world know how talented his sons are. He is not shy about how he has raised them to be successful on the basketball court and in life.
“I’ve been coaching them all their lives. I’ve instilled something in them that you can’t take out. Like, ‘No shot is a bad shot,’” Ball said in a March 2016 interview.
Ball attributed his son’s successes to himself and his parenting techniques.
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“These boys were born to go pro. Your mom’s a P.E. teacher, and I’m a personal trainer, your last name is Ball. How much more lined up can you be?” he said in 2016.
He also suggested that he’s better than Michael Jordan, arguably one of the best NBA players to play basketball.
“Back in my heyday, I would kill Michael Jordan one-on-one,” Ball said in a USA Today interview.
During his college basketball career, Ball averaged about 2 points a game playing for Washington State. He then left to play Division II basketball at Cal State in Los Angeles.
Jordan spent three seasons at North Carolina where he averaged 17.7 ppg on 54.4 percent shooting and 5.0 rebounds per game. He got selected to the NCAA All-American First Team during both his sophomore (1983) and junior years (1984). Jordan also scored the game-deciding bucket in the 1982 NCAA Championship game against Georgetown.
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