How Lavar Ball Greed Doom Son: I Wish for Another Dad.

Ball has often received criticism of his influence on the family's public image for making controversial comments. In early March 2017, he remarked that Lonzo was a better player than Stephen Curry. Later in the month, he asserted that Lonzo was better than LeBron James and Russell Westbrook.On March 14, despite having averaged only 2.2 points per game at Washington State, he said, "Back in my heyday, I would kill Michael Jordan one-on-one."Charles Barkley responded to the claims and challenged Ball to play one-on-one. LaVar additionally said that he believed his three sons would be worth $1 billion for a shoe deal. labeled his comments as an "endless string of interviews full of cocky claims and premature promises, coupled with insults.Steve Kerr praised LaVar for gaining publicity but questioned his effect on his sons. On Twitter, many users mocked Ball's perceivably exaggerated claims by using the hashtag "LaVar Ball Says" and making their own such statements.