LaVar Ball’s stupidity knows no bounds.
The Ball family patriarch and mouthpiece has emerged to unleash his latest round of utterly ridiculous claims. Ball, who once said he could “kill” Michael Jordan in a one-on-one game, despite averaging 2.2 points per game in his sole season at Washington, is now boasting that his oldest son, Lonzo, is better than one of the other greatest players of all time: LeBron James.
Earlier this week, Ball took aim at everyone else on the Lakers. Now it was James’ turn.
Appearing on “Undisputed” Thursday, LaVar cited James’ age, 34, as part of the reason Lonzo is currently the Lakers’ most valuable player. While James often still looks like the best player in the league, when healthy — averaging 26.9 points, 8.4 rebounds and 7.3 assists, while shooting 51.6 percent from the field — Lonzo’s numbers have dipped since the Lakers signed the four-time MVP. In Lonzo’s second season, he is averaging 9.9 points, 5.4 assists and 5.3 rebounds, while shooting 40.6 percent from the field.
But statistics — or eyesight — can’t sway LaVar, as comfortable as ever in his role as a national buffoon.
“Why? Because LeBron’s been in the league for 15 years. How do you judge LeBron being better than my son? I’m not gonna say nobody’s better than my son,” LaVar said. “LeBron’s hurt. He’s getting old. I tell you this, he can’t guard Lonzo on that fastbreak. He can’t move that fast.”
It was brought to LaVar’s attention that Lonzo is making less than 42 percent of his free throws. Somehow, LaVar used that as a way to knock James’ 68.2 shooting percentage — the second-worst of his career — from the line.
“He been in the league a long time to not make no free throws,” LaVar said.
In the Lakers’ recent attempts to pair Anthony Davis with James, Lonzo — and most of the roster — has been included in trade offers to New Orleans, prompting LaVar to relay that his son didn’t want to play for the Pelicans.
“I told the Lakers a long time ago, if you trade my son, it’ll be the worst thing you ever did. I guarantee, they trade my son, they will never get another championship,” LaVar said. “LeBron James without Lonzo is not gonna win a championship in L.A. I guarantee that.”
Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert guaranteed his team would win an NBA title before James, when the superstar signed with Miami in 2010.
James then went to four straight NBA Finals, and collected two rings with the Heat, while Cleveland suffered four straight losing seasons. When the Ohio native returned home, the Cavaliers reached four straight NBA Finals, with James bringing a long-awaited championship to Cleveland.