what Barkley said is 100% true.
and tbh, most of the shyt I've seen Ball's dad say is stupid as shyt.
actually nothing ball's pops has said was stupid. not one thing.
he has said what? He's better than steph. is that true today? No. will that be true tomorrow? MAYBE. and its more of a could happen vs hell naw... just because of how he's raised lonzo ball and how lonzo ball loves to play basketball. see its one thing to have a crazed parent pushing you to do something. its another when you actually love to be pushed at the same thing your parent is pushing you towards. thats a deadly combination that usually turns into a great player.
why do yall think steph is so good. its because his pops was a very very good nba player who pushed his son. but his son also wanted to be pushed. this does not happen often in life. usually its either the parent aint pushing that hard. or the parent is and the kid isnt. so it looks like the parent is pushing their kid to do something they dont want to do. living through their kids. this is not the case with these balls. THEY LOVE basketball TOO. just like their father.
yall dont understand this. THis family has been doing this since at least lavar balls time. he had two twin brothers lavell and lorenzo ball. they were big time all city players in Los Angeles running around with back to back city championships in one of the toughest cities to play in at the time.
They didnt pan out because they didnt LOVE the game like lavar or even their father did/wanted them to. I know this because i know them personally. lavar was the older bro who use to try to push them . but i realized early they didnt want it like that. even though they were naturally good at hoop and huge for kids in high school.
lavar got lucky and had 3 kids who love the game as much as he does. they obsess over it just like him. thats a great thing to share with your mother or father. their mother is like 6'1. she probably played ball too. this aint no game yall. this was by design.
Lonzo is 6'6, very athletic, and he seems to right now make his teammates better and has that winning thing that some very good players just dont have. he can do everything on the court thats needed to be done. yall dont notice he never takes mid range jumpers. this is also by design. the game has changed and basically said the mid range jumper is a waste of a shot. so its either a layup/dunk/something in the paint for a super high fg% chance or a 3pt shot. thats exactly what he does. 3s or paint. this again my friends is by design.
His other son dropped 90+ points. do yall understand what we're talking about here?
This is Mr Williams. The Williams Sister's father. Same crazy. making the same so called crazy promises about his children's greatness. and he was right. DO NOT DOUBT Lavar ball about his kids. DOnt do it. assuming no major injuries. odds are at least 2 of these kids will end up being at worse very good nba players. thats at worse.
Lets talka bout lonzo's size and athletic ability again. 6'6, athletic, and can shoot the 3 from NBA range off the dribble or off the curl on the catch and shoot. can he shoot like curry? Nope. is he the scorer that curry always has been? Nope. doesnt want to be or need to be. he's a do all point guard. he's jason kid with a jumper fresh out of college. he's magic with a jumper fresh out of college(the passes aint as flashy). whatever team he goes to he will make them a better team the moment he gets their barring injury.
and lastly. all the dad's talk is not putting more pressure on his sons. its actually taking it off of them. Chess not Checkers. guess who's getting all the interviews? Lavar. Guess who's taking all the hits? Lavar.
No one is really talking to his sons. his sons are shutting up and balling. let pops run his mouth so they never have to. its actually pretty genius if you think about it.