Beyond pressure to help lead the Los Angeles Lakers back to the days when they competed for championships, Lonzo Ball is under an intense microscope that his outspoken father, LaVar, has largely created.
LaVar predicted the Lakers would select his son well prior to the team officially securing the No. 2 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft. In retrospect, it was one of LaVar’s more modest claims.
The latest Ball family sagas have included LaVar trading barbs with United States President Donald Trump, stemming from LiAngelo and two of his former UCLA teammates shoplifting from multiple stores in China.