LaVar Ball - Genius Marketer Or Just An Idiot?
If you have been paying any attention to the sports world, particularly basketball, I'm sure you've heard of LaVar Ball. He is the father of Lonzo Ball, the star point guard at UCLA, along with Liangelo and Lamello. He is known to be extremely outspoken, claiming that he could've beat Michael Jordan in 1-v-1, that Lonzo is better than Steph, that he is looking for a $1 Billion dollar shoe deal, and that Lonzo will be better than Magic for the Lakers. This guy certainly doesn't back down, he goes after anyone and anybody. You never know what will come out of his mouth. Personally, I think he is using the attention to market his brand. I kind of feel bad for his sons though; they are going to have major targets on their backs.
There are stories about how Ball installed the style of play he wanted at Chino Hills to accommodate the talents of his kids and the way he had trained them growing up, feuding with coaches and running off other high school players who weren’t willing to get with it. Chino Hills has played a bizarre style of basketball with the Ball brothers on board, involving cherry-picking baskets and full court passes to play at a breakneck pace uncomfortable for most high school opponents, and a brand of ball that doesn’t fully translate to the NBA court. That’s how LaMelo scored 92 points in a game this season, and how LiAngelo scored 72.
Is this guy a genius when it comes to marketing? Or is this guy just an idiot?
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Who Is LaVar Ball?
Total idiot who is blemishing his son's image, especially now that he's gone after not only Steph curry, but LeBron James too. Just let the game do the talking. Worst kind of parents are those who exaggerate how good their sons / daughters are at sports and live vicariously through them by running their mouths off left and right. Don't get me wrong, Lonzo is a great player but his dad is doing so much talking but he's still just a kid that needs to prove his worth in the NBA. TOTAL IDIOT /thread.
What the hell I went to that high school.
absolute idiot. if he were a genius marketer, I'd actually have heard his brand'sname by now
he's just a fucking idiot. who do you think the lakers will pick up w/ first pick later this year?
They'll probably take Lonzo.
Both. The masses love clickbait and hes a clickbait machine. Polarizing and controversial statements separate his audience so that his fans are more likely to buy his merchandise.
Marketing machine. As they say, 'any press is good press.' For shoe deals/etc - exposure is everything.
Think of it this way - his 2 younger sons are already in the national spotlight and they're not even in college yet...you can say "oh well one of them scored 100pts in a game,' but honestly I would assume that his dad urged him to.....the kid took 60+ shots.
He's more than an idiot but a complete train wreck. He is going to have those kids as hated as the Williams sisters were at one point thanks to their Dad as well.
Even funnier is do a search for his "basketball skills" he references so much from his "playing days". It's full of fail.
The Williams sisters being hated had/ has little to do with their Dad.
Absolutely hate the guy. His attempts to market his kids have started to become negative for their futures. No one wants a parent who is louder than the player. Unwanted media attention and tons of bullshit.
Lonzo is a damn good player, but if you've watched the Chino Hills games at all, the Ball kids play such bullshit basketball. If I had 100 3 point attempts a game, I'd probably be putting up some big numbers too. LiAngelo and LaMelo have both committed to UCLA as well.... don't expect them to be half the player that Lonzo is.
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