LaVar Ball

About

LaVar Christopher Ball (born October 23, 1967) is an American businessman who is the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of sports apparel company Big Baller Brand and founder of the now defunct Junior Basketball Association (JBA). He is the father of professional basketball guards Lonzo and LaMelo Ball, the latter active for the Minnesota Timberwolves, while LiAngelo, his second son, is signed with Def Jam as a hip hop recording artist.
Ball played basketball and football while at Canoga Park High School, going on to play basketball at the collegiate level for West Los Angeles College, Washington State and Cal State Los Angeles. He also played football at Long Beach City College for a season. He had a brief professional career as a tight end with the London Monarchs of the World League of American Football. He was a practice squad member of the New York Jets and Carolina Panthers in 1995, but never played an official regular season game in the National Football League.
Following a series of bold statements in the spring of 2017, Ball began repeatedly making national sports headlines. His early remarks included saying that his son Lonzo was better than Stephen Curry and claiming…