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11-07-2017, 08:28 PM
If anyone has ever watched any of the Ball family youtube reality series "Ball in the Family" you'll know that 'Gelo is a little bit off. I'd wager that he's on the spectrum somewhere. It's also interesting how much different his game is than his two brothers, who are both flashy with the way they move around the court, handle and pass the ball. LiAangelo plays like a robot on "score the ball" setting.
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11-19-2017, 12:59 PM
Time to let f*ckwits college athletes who go to 3rd world dictatorships and steal (could have haggled his way down too) rot in a cell.
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11-19-2017, 03:01 PM
Just checked out the BBB website, they have a ton of stuff and it seems like their shoe designs have improved as well. These guys are going to make a ton of money off their brand.
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11-19-2017, 04:32 PM
Quote: (11-19-2017 12:57 PM)Roosh Wrote:
The father is unappreciative of Trump freeing his son:
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Trump is not happy.
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I don't know what the fuck Trump was thinking internationally white knighting for those wannabe thugs to begin with. They were clearly guilty, and no verdict had yet been announced so nobody could say China was meting out "cruel and unusual punishment" to American citizens. There are likely hundreds of incidents every day where Americans get in trouble with the law overseas, and many of them are far more deserving of intervention than these trash basketball faggots. These dudes were no national heroes, they weren't experiencing undue distress, there was absolutely nothing about their situation calling out for meddling at the head of state level. But they were in the news, so Trump decided to engage in the most blatantly obvious cheap PR ploy in the history of cheap PR ploys.
Now that Trump deservedly got left with egg on his face by that bozo Lavar, he's tweeting like a petulant child that he should have left them rot in jail to begin with. No shit dumbass, but do you really think you're making yourself look good by basically proclaiming that you used up some national "face" just so that you'd get your personal ego stroked? If those hoodlums really deserved presidential intervention to escape jail time then it shouldn't matter whether they "thank" you or not. This is some petty petty shit and it makes Trump look like a clown.
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11-19-2017, 04:38 PM
Definitely should have left them in China. LaVar Ball is an idiot and I could have seen this coming a mile away.
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11-19-2017, 04:45 PM
So Trump is admitting he released them because he thought Lavar would thank him? This makes Trump look real stupid. Lavar knows his audience. Trump could not have been any more obvious with this clumsy move.
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11-19-2017, 07:42 PM
Quote: (11-19-2017 05:32 PM)Repo Wrote:
To make this even worse for Trump, this is after LiAngelo and the other two already thanked Trump:
""I would like to thank President Trump and the United States government for the help that they've provided as well," LiAngelo Ball said in a press conference on Wednesday. "
https://www.google.com/amp/www.foxnews.c...s.amp.html
Trump looks like a jackass
Trump looks like an absolute dipshit in this case-while still in China the UCLA players made absolutely sure to thank Trump for their release and LiAngelo Ball was especially emphatic in his thanks to Trump. Then Trump goes and takes the bait when the elder Ball goes looking for attention with his usual behavior. Not a good look for our president...
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11-28-2017, 05:48 AM
I've never seen anything quite like this but I think I like it..... best Lavar Ball interview to say
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pRU1PBhhPd4
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12-06-2017, 01:33 PM
Report: Los Angeles Lakers enforcing 'LaVar Ball rule' at home games
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The Los Angeles Lakers apparently are eager to somehow, some way, lessen the amount of interview contact between LaVar Ball -- doting father to rookie point guard Lonzo Ball -- and the media that cover the team.
The organization have increased enforcement of a postgame policy that prohibits media members from entering an area at the arena reserved for players’ family and friends. According to Chris Haynes, who cover the Lakers for ESPN.com, the team is stiffening “what many employees at Staples Center view as ‘the LaVar Ball rule.’ ”
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12-14-2017, 01:37 AM
Here's the latest in the Ball saga:
- LaVar pulled his 16-year-old son out of high school to "home school" him and "better prepare him for the NBA"
- LaVar pulled his 19-year-old son out of UCLA because they had the audacity to suspend him for his shoplifting in China incident
- Both sons have now signed with a Lithuanian pro team
- The Lakers met with LaVar to tell him to tone down his constant criticisms of the organizations and coaches
- LiAngelo (19-year-old) now claims he only thanked Trump because UCLA made him
I was on the fence about LaVar for a while, but his latest series of erratic and puzzling decisions combined with he and his sons' total inability to accept responsibility for their decisions seem to prove that this is more about out-of-control ego and opportunism than it is about simply getting this best for his children.
Keep in mind that LiAngelo isn't even considered a pro prospect, yet he just gave up a scholarship to UCLA to live in a small town in Lithuania. Meanwhile Lonzo is shooting a historically bad percentage in the NBA and less than 50% from the line, which is unheard of for a point guard, and it has a lot to do with his very, very bad shooting form.
The youngest boy will now have no choice but to remain overseas, since his shoe deal likely killed his college eligibility and the deal with the Lithuanian club cemented that fact. Yet he likely would have been a lock to be drafted out of UCLA in a few years.
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12-14-2017, 02:26 AM
^ I have no idea how the homeschooling is going to work while he's in Lithuania. That announcement was before all of the China drama.
Based on scouts' opinions of LiAngelo, I'm assuming LaMelo is only going to Lithuania because his brother couldn't get a legit offer without LaMelo being part of the package (which was also the case with UCLA) -- and the fact that LaVar had burned his bridges both with UCLA and the college eligibility in general.
In other words, LaMelo is paying dearly for his father and brother's mistakes. I don't see how anyone can possibly spin that as good parenting.
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12-14-2017, 05:03 AM
Quote: (12-14-2017 01:37 AM)Enigma Wrote:
Here's the latest in the Ball saga:
- LaVar pulled his 16-year-old son out of high school to "home school" him and "better prepare him for the NBA"
- LaVar pulled his 19-year-old son out of UCLA because they had the audacity to suspend him for his shoplifting in China incident
- Both sons have now signed with a Lithuanian pro team
- The Lakers met with LaVar to tell him to tone down his constant criticisms of the organizations and coaches
- LiAngelo (19-year-old) now claims he only thanked Trump because UCLA made him
I was on the fence about LaVar for a while, but his latest series of erratic and puzzling decisions combined with he and his sons' total inability to accept responsibility for their decisions seem to prove that this is more about out-of-control ego and opportunism than it is about simply getting this best for his children.
Keep in mind that LiAngelo isn't even considered a pro prospect, yet he just gave up a scholarship to UCLA to live in a small town in Lithuania. Meanwhile Lonzo is shooting a historically bad percentage in the NBA and less than 50% from the line, which is unheard of for a point guard, and it has a lot to do with his very, very bad shooting form.
The youngest boy will now have no choice but to remain overseas, since his shoe deal likely killed his college eligibility and the deal with the Lithuanian club cemented that fact. Yet he likely would have been a lock to be drafted out of UCLA in a few years.
LaVar reminds me of the delusional and entitleded Willy Loman of Death of a Salesman.
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12-14-2017, 10:09 AM
Should’ve kept LA at UCLA. Rumor has it they would have reinstated him after the holiday. Seems reasonable after breaking the law and causing that much of a headache.
Those Lithuanians are gonna be gunning for them. They take basketball seriously up there.
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12-14-2017, 05:51 PM
So the youngest son is a high school senior but is now going to play ball in Lithuania? How do those leagues compared to NCAA?
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12-15-2017, 12:39 AM
They're different. NCAA has some teams with higher end talent than you see in Europe but they're still mostly 18-21 yr olds.
Euro leagues are stacked with full grown men who know the tricks of the trade. Lithuanian league isn't that great, it's not the French, Spanish or Serbian leagues which are generally pretty good.
The youngest son physically just can't compete in Lithuania. Never mind the culture shock, a tiny Lithuanian villages where practically nobody, even the coach, speaks English.
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12-15-2017, 12:42 AM
I was going to say "this has to be the dumbest father of the year", but he did make millions on the shoes contract already.