Luke Walton Jokingly Said He Took Lonzo Ball Out Of The Game Because LaVar Was Talking Shit1/8/2018
TheBigLead- If you couldn’t hear that, Walton said, “His dad was talking sh*t so I took him out early.”
Walton held it for a minute before saying, “I’m just kidding.” As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, LaVar Ball told ESPN that Walton had lost the team and the Lakers players didn’t want to play for him. Lonzo and others refuted that claim almost as soon as LaVar made it. ----- It's obviously crazy to run with that tongue-in-cheek comment as if weren't clearly in jest. Unfortunately for Lonzo Ball, it's even crazier to pretend that every marginally funny joke doesn't contain at least a hint of the truth. Consider this, the only thing that seems less likely than an NBA coach benching the #2 overall pick on an outright terrible team due to the bombastic barbs of his father is said father shutting the fuck up in regards to the treatment of his son's professional career. By no means do I think Luke Walton would fabricate a flu for his rookie point guard if the increasingly unfounded diaper-filler from the mouth of his dear old dad reached a fever pitch. However, and I can't believe I am going to say this, I could absolutely see a scenario in which the Lakers' coach subconsciously takes out his frustrations on the offspring of the person causing them. Despite his laughable record, I consider Luke Walton to have a pretty good basketball mind, but it's not like his would be the first to ever become infected by those incessantly questioning it. We're probably about two dozen public appraisals away from him having it up to here with someone who prides himself on going there. Still, the fact that there is a feasible - albeit highly, highly unlikely - scenario in which LaVar Ball provides verity to that one-liner and ever-so-slightly alters the usage of an NBA player as if he were the overbearing asshole screaming from the middle school bleachers of a 4th grade rec-league game is nothing short of insane.
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