****The Everything LaVar Ball Thread****

[solewoman]

 

[jaypesoz]

Anybody ever look into replacing their grass with artificial turf? Maintaining grass is what I hate the most as a homeowner

 

[EddieDoyers]

https://sports.yahoo.com/inside-story-lonzo-ball-became-laker-161936139.html

The inside story of how Lonzo Ball became a Laker

Growing up in Chino Hills, California, Lonzo Ball understood the work ethic of Kobe Bryant and watched tape of another member of Los Angeles Lakers lore, Magic Johnson. The No. 2 overall pick in Thursday night’s NBA draft seemed destined to be a Laker, and now the former UCLA star has the opportunity to follow the greatness of Bryant and Johnson.

But a week before the draft, the Lakers were continuing to evaluate prospects for their top pick and requested a second individual workout with Ball at the team’s practice facility. Ball accepted yet changed course on today’s standard player workout, presenting a unique meeting on Ball’s home turf. During the predraft process, the Lakers and Ball’s agent, Harrison Gaines, took a collaborative approach. For the second workout, however, Gaines informed the Lakers that the team would need to see a day in the life of Lonzo Ball – or nothing at all.

In a four-hour-plus experience on June 16 in Chino Hills, Ball, his father LaVar, trainer Darren Moore and Gaines worked with Lakers president Magic Johnson and general manager Rob Pelinka at Lonzo’s training session, which included running hills, weightlifting, on-court drills and breakfast with the entire Ball family. For a franchise stressing a new identity built upon culture and work ethic, Lonzo cemented the direction of the franchise, along with the draft selections of Utah’s Kyle Kuzma at No. 27, Villanova’s Josh Hart at No. 30 and Indiana’s Thomas Bryant in the second round.

“I wanted to show I don’t hide from anything,” Lonzo told The Vertical. “I just wanted to show the type of person I am. I wanted to show them what I do every day. I don’t hide. The way it turned out, I was very happy with it.”

Lonzo had peeled back the curtains for the Lakers with a meeting process unlike any other in this draft.

At 8 a.m., Lonzo started the first part of a full daily routine led by Moore and LaVar. Lonzo ran a mile and then sprinted up two different steep hills near his home eight times each. For the Lakers, this resonated with the way Bryant had prepared in his quest to become a legend. A weight-room session in the Ball family’s garage followed at 9:15 a.m., which included a discussion of basketball philosophy between Lonzo and the Lakers’ brass. They talked about how Lonzo’s competitive fire fits on the young Lakers and how he can flourish alongside projected cornerstone player Brandon Ingram. It was a back-and-forth sharing of team-building concepts during the oppressive heat of a 100-degree day.

“If your body’s not used to working in that setting, your body will shut down,” Moore told The Vertical. “These are extraneous workouts that I know kids aren’t doing. Normal guys’ bodies would shut down even halfway throughout the workout. For someone to do what Lonzo did, a normal person would have amazement.”

Next was Lonzo’s on-court workout with Moore at 10:30 a.m. at Chino Hills High School. They returned home at 11:30 a.m., with LaVar preparing a meal for the meeting with Johnson and Pelinka. The group discussed the Lakers’ direction and plans for the future, the team’s family brand under the Busses and the values that drive LaVar’s Big Baller Brand.

For Lonzo, the workout portion was as much about normalcy as it was validation. Ball admittedly was sick during his first workout with the Lakers on June 7, but believed his body and adrenaline would negate any weakness. For his second workout, Ball was healthy and the spirit of competition filled him. He completed 3-point, midrange and floater drills, and followed specific instructions from the Lakers’ brass. Shoot a midrange jumper off a pick-and-roll. Ball did.

“Lonzo had his whole game from the get-go when he stepped foot on the court – one-legged dunks, two-legged dunks, threes,” Moore said. “He was energetic from the jump, even when his body may have been tired. When [Pelinka and Johnson] wanted him to shoot a certain shot, he shined. I could tell he had another energy level to him.

“I was more upset for him during that first workout because I know how much work he puts in, but we were proud that he performed the way he did with how sick he was. You know how sick he is because he doesn’t sweat, and when he sweats 20 minutes into a workout … . I’ve been watching Lonzo run hills every day, lift weights and basketball train every day. He puts in his work every day. I knew he was hurting.”

With Lonzo pursuing the legacies of Bryant and Magic, this was his clinching moment. He made clear to the Lakers’ hierarchy: Come see me. Come see everything around me in my element. The Lakers needed to be sold on Lonzo and his family’s values. Lonzo Ball had nothing to hide from the Lakers, and in the days to come, they had nothing to hide from the Balls either.

 

[Tony $now]

https://sports.yahoo.com/inside-story-lonzo-ball-became-laker-161936139.html

The inside story of how Lonzo Ball became a Laker

 

[OBAMA]

Who is the darker kid that's always around the ball brothers?

BA

 

[trueprada]

 

[doublemesh96]

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[maldonado]

I'm a born-in-Denver lifelong Nuggets fan but I'm def rooting for my guy Lon(dreech)zo out in LA.

 

[youngthundercat]

yo shout out to the ball family...rooting for Zo and Lavar. 

 

[RustyShackleford]

LaVar pops an og too

 

[handullz]

I'm a born-in-Denver lifelong Nuggets fan but I'm def rooting for my guy Lon(dreech)zo out in LA.

I've already told everyone they will have to watch out for me...

Because I will undoubtedly become one of those annoying Laker fans that thinks the basketball universe stops and starts on their whims.


#newfan

#bandwagon

#donteemcare

#dosomethingaboutit

 

[$tacy]

Nah b, no new fans. We good over here.

 

[handullz]

Nah b, no new fans. We good over here.

at thinking you have any say in the matter.

You should focus on curbing your hate for Papa Ball, my g.

You right in the camp with Stillin and it's gotta be unhealthy for the both of you.

 

[$tacy]

Please show me my hate for lavar? If i didn't agree with everything son said cool but I def don't be in here throwing salt on everything this ***** do. But if I was on son **** and calling him daddy or uncle u would probably rep me fast as hell. I'm more mad we still even talking about dude, lonzo made it and he on my squad I want boy to be as advertised at this point.

 

[Cashflow]

I swear that's looking at Lavar's future. Grandpa Ball has the same mannerisms and speaking pattern. It's hilarious and eerie. Genetics, fascinating thing.

 

[Mark Antony]

OG Ball rockin the sorority baller brand shirt.

 

[handullz]

Please show me my hate for lavar? If i didn't agree with everything son said cool but I def don't be in here throwing salt on everything this ***** do. But if I was on son **** and calling him daddy or uncle u would probably rep me fast as hell. I'm more mad we still even talking about dude, lonzo made it and he on my squad I want boy to be as advertised at this point.

You're right. It may not be flat out hate / salt b/c I don't know your heart.

But if you can't see a trend of searching for negativity in these posts, there isn't much else for us to talk about.

Bruh somebody gotta tell lavar one of his front teeth died years ago.

Horrendous
Look like the k mart joints

after quoting this guy

Anyone who paid $495 for those

In reference to the younger one's mixtape

Out there looking like stars against the 5'9 white boys

Rushing to proclaim the younger one sucks

Gelo, lonzo, Eli etc was making melo look better? [emoji]129300[/emoji]

Idc about none of that u never suppose to lose by 50+ That's inexcusable

complaining about the price

110-120 and I would've copped a pair to see what them thangs was like. This is fyre fest sneaker edition, no returns no exchanges, ****** don't even know how they fit. 500 when i can get a pair of the competitors that look better, more color options, can return/exchange, got different types of tetechnology to choose from all for a quarter of that price. If these were affordable I could see youngins buying in easily. Hell look how the curry 1 was moving, now these ****** worshipping lamelo.

 

[$tacy]

You're right. It may not be flat out hate / salt b/c I don't know your heart.

But if you can't see a trend of searching for negativity in these posts, there isn't much else for us to talk about.

after quoting this guy
In reference to the younger one's mixtape
Rushing to proclaim the younger one sucks

complaining about the price

But go back and find those same post I made about how melo might be the best one.... or how they got the right idea but bad execution.... and everything else I see nothing hating... The shoes are ugly, everybody who not **** riding or that dislike the kicks got salt in they heart? U gotta get off that super **** sucking defending lavar with your e life ****, it's weird man. Opinions that don't consist of calling the brotheirs hof or lavar daddy/uncle=hate and salt

 

[whywesteppin]

I'm a born-in-Denver lifelong Nuggets fan but I'm def rooting for my guy Lon(dreech)zo out in LA.

I'm a lifelong Nuggets fan too, so on behalf of Denver I can tell you: don't come back.

Spoiler

just kidding. being a nuggets fan is like being married to an ugly girl. no one's gonna fault you if you sleep around with the hot secretary as long as you bring the paycheck home and help raise the kids...

 

[handullz]

But go back and find those same post I made about how melo might be the best one.... or how they got the right idea but bad execution.... and everything else I see nothing hating... The shoes are ugly, everybody who not **** riding or that dislike the kicks got salt in they heart? U gotta get off that super **** sucking defending lavar with your e life ****, it's weird man. Opinions that don't consist of calling the brotheirs hof or lavar daddy/uncle=hate and salt

Shout out to you for using hyperbole to bolster your argument. Once you do that, you already lost.

You got it though, famb. Have a good one.

 

[maldonado]

I'm a lifelong Nuggets fan too, so on behalf of Denver I can tell you: don't come back.

Spoiler

just kidding. being a nuggets fan is like being married to an ugly girl. no one's gonna fault you if you sleep around with the hot secretary as long as you bring the paycheck home and help raise the kids...

Beautiful analogy.

Lol although Jokic, Murray, and Harris look legit.

Definitely ain't rooting for the Lakers, just hoping the kid succeeds.

 

[hand2handking]

[h1]#BBB[/h1]

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

 

[EddieDoyers]

BBW

BIG
BALLER
WRESTLING

 

[superblytrife]

My g Lavar will flourish w/ wrestling promos.

It's like a match made in heaven.

 

[storm2006]

I need this Lavar x WWE collab. Who will he talk trash about?