Way OT: LaVar Ball
After watching this guy on TV in interviews, or on the sideline coaching his AAU team, or in the bleachers during one of his son's games, I can only conclude that he needs therapy. Just when I thought he couldn't be anymore demonstrative to himself and the playing careers of his son's, he goes and treats a female referee with such disgrace, that many are calling for his team to be suspended indefinitely. Why does ESPN and other shammy news outlets give this man any air time? The guy is bat-shit crazy.
More Harbaugh, less Ball.
Hey NFG, "Stay in your lane!" - jk. You are right, he is nutjob!
Yeah don't really see the problem. In America, any headline is a good headline. Just ask our President. Lavar's just using his playbook really.
He's not the only one either. See Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather.
Just say outlandish stuff 24/7 and soon enough the bad publicity turns into good publicity b/c the media is fixated on stupid shit like that.
August 1st, 2017 at 10:04 PM ^
Well, the problem is that we're normalizing people acting like jackasses. So...
August 1st, 2017 at 11:25 PM ^
No, the problem is that idiots are the majority. Lavar Ball among others (no politics) have exploited that.
August 1st, 2017 at 10:07 PM ^
August 1st, 2017 at 10:22 PM ^
MGoPolitics
August 1st, 2017 at 10:28 PM ^
It only counts if it doesn't go along with his (misguided) beliefs.
August 1st, 2017 at 11:08 PM ^
August 1st, 2017 at 11:28 PM ^
true or not please give it a rest
August 2nd, 2017 at 10:04 AM ^
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August 1st, 2017 at 11:05 PM ^
"I think he's an extremely clever self-promoter who knows exactly what he's doing."
I more or less thought something like this (although "extemely clever" might be giving him a little too much credit) until recently. I had seen him in some interviews and on ESPN, and it was clear he was acting a bit and enjoying the spotlight. Relatively harmless stuff.
Recently though I watched some YouTube clips of him coaching - berating refs, getting T'd up, and forfeiting midway through a game because he was upset with the refs. Came off as a narcissistic jerk and ruined the game for both teams of kids. Don't know if he's always been like this or if the extra attention has gone to his head.
Also I think he made a big blunder with the pricing of his BBB gear. Everything about the brand screams 'cheap' - silly name, bad logo, okay shoe that is a ripoff of a Kobe model. There's nothing luxury about the shoe or branding, yet it's priced that way. I think it would have been perfect if he had priced the shoe below the competition, which would seem more appropriate given the product. He could have picked a price-point that was accessible to younger kids, who are probably the only ones interested in buying that junk. Kids all over LA would be buying them if he had undercut the bigger brands, now instead no one is buying them... except rich people as a joke.
And even if this guy is a master promoter or whatever, he's completely leeching off his kids, stealing the spotlight from them, and making people dislike them in the process, despite the fact that they've done nothing wrong.
August 1st, 2017 at 11:14 PM ^
This is probably the best response I've heard from people who question what Ball is doing.
Kudos.
August 1st, 2017 at 11:29 PM ^
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August 2nd, 2017 at 10:50 AM ^
He priced his shoes that way because he had to make sure he'd get his money back. He had no idea how many pairs of shoes he was going to sell and cost of manufacturing is directly tied to how many units you make (more units = less cost per unit). He had to set a price where he could make a profit if he sold 2 pairs of shoes or 200,000 pairs of shoes.
His son should get a restraining order. He is a piece of shit who is bad for the sport and bad for his family.
Oh wow a man taking care of his children! Give this man the nobel peace prize! That is what is wrong with this fucking country. You dont get a medal for taking care of your kids and raising them right, THAT IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING. Lavar Ball insulting NBA players kids, making fun of their dead mothers, making racist comments towards UCLA players, as well as sexist remarks against the refs makes him a prick.
I'm serious about this all the time. When a man or woman decide to bring a child into life, it is one's duty to care for the child and be a good husband. That does not mean you are special in anyway. Lavar being a good dad does not change the fact he is a narcissistic, sexist, racist, and self-deluded prick.
The reason people say Lavar Ball is a good father is b/c people like that side chick, Kristine Leahy, off of Colin Cowherd's show insinuate that he is NOT a good father, which as we can see with his kids is patently false.
She can get away with saying false shit like this where she says his kids seem to be afraid of him or potentially abused etc.. and when Lavar responds it's his fault? Please. Save your fake outrage.
August 1st, 2017 at 10:04 PM ^
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August 1st, 2017 at 10:37 PM ^
She also has pretty decent sports knowledge too
She may be cute, but she's obviously trying to break into the man's game and make a name for herself. That kind of stuff my work on the Oh network, but it won't work here.
August 2nd, 2017 at 10:09 AM ^
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August 1st, 2017 at 10:14 PM ^
Lavar has found a market for his family. He has ruffled feathers and done some things out of selfishness. He is far from perfect....but pinch yourself if you think he isn't a genius. He has you completely in your feelings. Ask yourself why that is. The real reason why that is.....
August 2nd, 2017 at 12:10 AM ^
I think it is more like Lavar's family has made a market for Lavar. Previous poster is right.. without his children he could be saying all of this and no one would know a thing about it. Without Lonzo's talent no one knows who Lavar or his brand are. He is riding the coattail express. Being up in peoples feelings isn't really doing anything for him, BBB is a joke. Once it is the fall and there is more than baseball to report on Lavar will be an afterthought until he can piggyback on his next kids success.
August 2nd, 2017 at 10:11 AM ^
Toby Flenderson would never have this emotional reaction! Stay in your characters lane!
...that the primary basketball competition in this country for a lot of players under 18 is a "goofy circus."
Then you put in your semester of "one and done" and you're ready to turn pro.
I don't think it's an ideal developmental path and it's hurting a lot of players.
August 1st, 2017 at 10:18 PM ^
Your mind is already made up so just stick to the narrative youre already comfortable with. LaVar is the devil and punting kittens all across the West Coast.........
August 1st, 2017 at 11:58 PM ^
August 1st, 2017 at 10:05 PM ^
Bet you also ran PR for the Marv Marinovich Father-of-the-Year campaign.
August 1st, 2017 at 10:15 PM ^
I guess this was a bash or get bashed thread haha.
August 1st, 2017 at 10:55 PM ^
Why does ESPN and other shammy news outlets give this man any air time?
And here you are making a thread about him. It's the Kardashian effect. People who like him spread his name around. People who hate him feel the need to link articles and write about him on Twitter and MgoBlog and then get angry that he "won't go away". Either way, he profits from free advertising everytime you mention his name.
August 1st, 2017 at 10:16 PM ^
LaVar is polarizing. Right, wrong or indifferent.
I think you're fundamentally misunderstanding the world around you.