Is LaVar right? Or will Wall show 'no mercy?': Official Wizards @ Lakers Thread (ESPN)

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YOUR Washington Bullets ARE 3-0!

With the W over Denver, your Bullets are off to their best start since 2005!

They are in LA and will take on the young, improving Lakers led by Luke Walton. Lonzo Ball's play has been impressive after a rough first game. He's accumulated the most assists by a player in his first three games since John Wall in 2010.

To make things even more exciting, Lonzo's dad, LaVar Ball has said his son won't lose twice in a week and the Wizards should "beware". Gortat responded:






Wall pledges no mercy


Lonzo response


Let's get this show started...

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LAST GAME:
Wizards @ Nuggets - 109-104 (W)
Pelicans @ Lakers - 119-112 (L)
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Primetime21 said:
Players be sounding like chumps talking about "well his dad said.." who cares, his dad aint suiting up
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See what Scott Brooks says from the WaPO article in OP:

Although Wall said he wouldn’t go as far as Beverley did in intentionally harassing Ball, he has expressed a familiar refrain from NBA vets who feel the father’s interviews are not helping the son. While most high lottery draft picks receive their share of hype — Wall acknowledges the media pressure that followed him throughout his rookie season as the No. 1 selection in 2010 — LaVar Ball has cranked up the noise even louder.

“His dad has gone on top of all that,” Wall said. “Forget what the media is saying. ‘This is what my son is.’ Which, I’m not knocking him. He’s hyping his son up but he’s already getting all that hype. … He’s just taking it to another level.

“We didn’t say nothing about him, nothing to him, and he says, ‘The Wizards better be ready because he don’t ever lose two in a row,’” Wall continued, then scoffed at the absurdity of the father’s boast. “Like, this is the league now. It’s a different ballgame.”

Gortat spelled out the reasoning behind his Twitter response.

“I’m just sticking up for my teammate and my team,” Gortat said. “The guy is going to go public and say stuff like that. It’s funny because he’s not even playing and he’s saying all this stuff, you know. He’s just putting his son in a spot, but at the end of the day, it’s all right. It’s nothing against Lonzo. I don’t know him. He’s a good kid. Talented kid, but he’s got to go against John.”

For his part, Lonzo Ball told reporters Tuesday, “I don’t pay no mind to it,” when asked about Gortat’s tweet.

Still, LaVar Ball understands a simple truth: Outrageous sound bites spark attention. As the face of the family’s clothing and shoe company, Ball stays in front of a camera because he is selling his Big Baller Brand. The promotion may rub people the wrong way, but, it can be argued, the tactics work. After all, Ball’s eight-second video has been laughed at and, more importantly, talked about, for more than a 24-hour news cycle.

While Ball’s comments did not sit well in the Wizards’ locker room, Coach Scott Brooks does not mind the bluster. Others may see a braggart, but Brooks simply recognizes a proud papa.

“You know what, hey, people talk about his dad all the time. Hey, I mean, my father left me at 2. I would love to have my father around like [LaVar] is around and talk to him and pump me up with confidence,” Brooks said. “To me, that’s every son’s dream. And for some reason he gets criticized. No question, he’s a little ambitious at times [with] what he says. But he’s around his son. I have no problem with that. And maybe he could temper it a little bit, but I would’ve loved to have my father do that.”

Following the Wizards’ win in Denver on Monday night, Wall and Bradley Beal briefly considered the conundrum: Should Lonzo Ball take grief from opponents because of what his father says?

“You heard this question, B?” Wall said, laughing and turning to his locker mate. “‘Do I take it out on the son because the dad is talking?’”

Beal repeated the question to himself, drawing out each word.

“Because the daddy’s talking?” the freshly showered Beal asked. “I mean — not really.”

When the players were reminded that Lonzo Ball has not trash talked publicly, only the father, Beal agreed.

“He’s really quiet,” Beal said about the younger Ball.

Then, Wall piped in.

“There’s my point. I mean, he’s quiet, but you know you have a dad –” Wall said, before switching his fast-moving train of thought. “His son is talented. He can play. You want your son to be a guy that talks. He’s not one of those types of guys.

“But I can’t control that because the type of person I am, I talk,” Wall said.

“He’s gassing up his son,” Beal said from the next locker.

“He’s gassing up his son,” Wall echoed. “So he’s got to back it up.”
 
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If he can't stop swipadafox with his speed. He's gonna have the same issue with wall. And if this game nationally televised then they won't sleep walk through it. We literally better than them at every position.

Part of me thinks their mind is on golden state game
 
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