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LaVar Ball's Wikipedia page does not introduce him as a pundit, top NBA prospect Lonzo Ball's dad, or even one of the best basketball players of all time—despite his claims to that title. Instead, he's described as a "retired American football player," recalling a two-year period in LaVar Ball's life that most, including his former teammates, have forgotten.
"I kept seeing his name in the news, and never once, until you reached out to me, did I think, 'That was my teammate,'" Damon Baldwin, team captain and center for the London Monarchs in 1995 (and now an offensive line coach at San Diego State University) tells B/R.