LaVar Ball is the single loudest helicopter parent attached to the NBA pre-draft process in years, and possibly ever. There has probably been more real and virtual ink spilled on him and his antics than on his son, Lonzo Ball, aka the one who will actually play basketball and matters.
Teams like to say they don’t pay attention to the media, but it’s hard not to think the elder Ball won’t be a distraction for whatever franchise selects his son. Will that affect an NBA team’s thought process as they head towards the 2017 NBA Draft?