LaVar Ball says Michael Jordan could not sell shoes like Lonzo Ball
LaVar Ball continues to market his family’s brand on national media. This time, the comparison to Michael Jordan gets a lift.
It’s gotta be the shoes. It is the shoes? No. No it is not. But it is the gift that just keeps giving. And as long as the man produces at such levels, reports will continue. After all, LaVar Ball is the sire of the greatest basketball family line this universe has witnessed. Ever.
Granted, he never played in a game that I watched or have seen reported about every time the NCAA Tournament or NBA Playoffs occur. Oh, wait. He played football professionally in London, and on the New York Jets and Carolina Panthers …
… on their practice squads.
Oh! And he was highly recruited out of high school, attending West Los Angeles College. Sure, he transferred to Washington State and started 36 games, averaging 2.2 points and 2.3 rebounds. Lofty numbers. Of course, he transferred again to Division II Cal State Los Angeles.
And yet, he leads the sports and family news because of his fervent marketing of his kids. I do not fault him for that, but man, he is not doing them any favors. Add it to the list of things that make you go, “um….”
We have all seen those projects where the result brought the question of “who approved that?” Well, LaVar Ball is a walking facepalm. Or poop emoji.
In our latest installment of “He said what?” Mr. Ball spent time on the Fox Sports show Undisputed with Shannon Sharpe and Skip Bayless. The man who once stated he would beat Michael Jordan in baseball continued his new-shoe-induced-hallucinations by saying Nike’s athletic footwear and marketing revolutionary shoe line — that no one ever stands in lines to purchase before it hits market — was not worth $495 because …
“Because he ain’t Lonzo Ball.”
Just let that sink in for a moment. The ZO2 shoes, which no reputable athletic company would touch with a 39 and a half-foot poll and that were designed without the aide and support of the best in the business, is worth $495 price tag because Lonzo is better than MJ. His Airness. Arguably the best basketball player in history.
I am sure the shoes are flying off the shelves in the Ball basement, the location of LaVar’s office and self-help clinic. I am sure it rivals the offices in Trump Tower. It may have been furnished by the same people. If you plan to visit, take a shovel. You may have to dig your way out from the garbage spewed by Mr. Ball.
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I am surprised he has not claimed copyright over all things called ball. That could be interesting.