Liusjenas Kulbis, AP
LaVar Ball reacts after watching his sons in the Big Baller Brand Challenge friendly tournament match between BC Prienu Vytautas and BC Zalgiris-2 at the BC Prienai-Birstonas Vytautas arena, in Prienai, Lithuania, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball, sons of former basketball player LaVar Ball, have signed a one-year contract and play their first match for Lithuanian professional basketball club Prienu Vytautas.
SALT LAKE CITY — Stage parents are nothing new to sports; we’ve all seen them (or been one). But when it comes to greatness — that is to say awfulness — maybe nobody this side of Marv Marinovich or Earl Woods has ever topped LaVar Ball.