LaVar Ball has made a decision that would be shocking for the average basketball dad in America, but not for LaVar: he is starting his own basketball league to compete with the NCAA, according to ESPN’s Darren Rovell.
The league will be called the Junior Basketball Association, and will be for nationally-ranked high school graduates who don’t want to play college ball. Ball will pay his players (apparently from Big Baller Brand money. No, seriously), and he hopes to host the league’s games in NBA arenas.
Ball said his Junior Basketball Association -- which he said is fully funded by his Big Baller Brand -- plans to pay the lowest-ranked player a salary of $3,000 a month and the best player $10,000 a month.