LaMelo Ball is making a very convincing debut for the Hornets this season. Used off the bench by James Borrego, the rookie showed very promising sequences of play. It obviously did not take more for his father LaVar Ball to ignite … with a comparison of the most eccentric.
A new Ball boy landed in the NBA this season! After Lonz, drafted by the Lakers in 2017, LaMelo was picked in 3rd position by the Hornets a few months ago. Obviously, LaVar couldn’t stay silent for long after such a success for his sons.
You surely remember the circus that the Lakers had become when Lonzo was still playing in Los Angeles. Father Ball was absolutely untenable and was around the media, explaining everywhere that his son was the future best player in the world, and of course turning on the then manager – a certain Luke Walton as soon as possible.
This time, with LaMelo appearing to be even more talented offensively than Lonzo, LaVar is back to his good old ways! Via a statement that will immediately enter the pantheon of his projections, he attacked the coaching of the Hornets, criticizing the decision to make his son play as a 6th man. At the microphone of Bleacher Report, he draws and dares a hell of a comparison:
