Lonzo Ball on his parents:
“My mom didn’t want to leave. She was, quote-unquote, forced to leave. I helped her leave. I’m glad she left. She’s in a great spot…They obviously don’t f*ck with each other, but I fu*k with them both.”
She’s been getting dragged on social media. All those people are going to pretend they don’t see this.
I think it’s safe to say anyone sharing a strong opinion of a basketball player’s mom online is not a normal, rational person who benefits from additional context
That would describe at least half (maybe more) of the US population these days
Easily more than half this sub
It really is crazy
Good thing that Twitter wasn’t a thing back when the Delonte/Lebron/Gloria drama was a thing.
This is a joke right
Twitter did exist back then, didn’t it?
Sadly, I don’t think there were any historians around back then to confirm
It’s rumored they wrote it down on papyrus, but who knows. I don’t think pens were around either.
I was the internet back then. But social media wasn’t how it is today. Social media was geared more towards your friends, family, and colleagues. You didn’t live in your own algorithm world where you only see what the platform thinks you’re interested in. Even still you heard about the LeBron and West saga just not in a way you would hear about it today. Ex: espn on satellite radio ch. 12 out of LA might have hinted at it but it was definitely not in your face and everywhere like it would be today.
I’ll take it a step further and say if you’re worried what these droolers are spitting out onto their keyboard you’re gonna have a bad time.
Can’t people police everybody
Obviously I don’t know her personally, but based on the videos I’ve seen about her and the stories I’ve read about her, I feel like her leaving Lavar due to him losing his foot seems like one of the last things she would do.
Even Alan Foster (their former manager who stole money from the family) said nothing but great things about her and only really talked shit about Lavar and the kids when he was discussing his relationship with the family Lol
Why is she getting dragged?
lavar said they got divorced and social media being extremely misogynistic just assumed she was in the wrong and only left him bc he lost his foot
Social media was a mistake.
Fr nobody needs to be in their business like this or harassing her over what she chose to do in HER marriage. It’s nobody else’s business and they don’t need to comment on it or answer to anyone.
Where did he leave his foot?
He lost it.
Does he need help finding it?
It’s gone.
That’s pretty careless of him. I guess if he can’t remember where he left it that’s on him.
He may have left it with the Big Baller Brand shoes. It’s Gone.
I always find things in the last place I look so he should start there.
Maybe he should retrace his step
He needs to retrace his step
Beetus took it. Beetus is a wiley one.
Probably somewhere somebody could trip over it.
If he knew, it wouldn’t be lost
He also claimed she left him because he lost his foot and took 8 million from his account
Hate to be the actually person but actually Lavar himself said SHE didn’t want to be with him anymore. Still doesn’t justify the weirdo fans harassing her
The fact that people instantly believed that it was her fault based off one sentence *he* said to the point they talk trash about her is the problem lol.
Fr its Lavar fucking Ball he can’t be easy to live with lol why is anyone assuming she the one in the wrong
because woman. seriously that’s all it takes
Incel mentality has gone mainstream. It’s not a fringe mindset even outside the internet.
gone mainstream? Brother read a book, women being emotional and mentally inferior has been the mentality for hundreds of thousands of years, they have entire religious movements (including Christianity) based off this worldview
It wasnt about to get broken because a few public schools with good teachers started informing their students, its gonna take hundreds of years.
I saw an article where Lavar was essentially bragging about his “tough love” after Tina had her stroke, where he thought forcing her to tough it out was the fastest route to recovery. His treatment of her after her stroke was abusive, he had no patience for her disability. I can see how someone like Lavar would think that he could just coach her into health, but it’s not that simple.
Okay, but why does this mean anything? Not wanting to be with someone doesn’t mean you are the problem (usually the opposite).
yeah ofc she didnt want to live w him anymore, thats why ppl divorce each other!! But that doesnt mean it had anything to do w his foot. 20+ year marriages dont break up over one tough year (didnt lavar get his amputation last year?). This was years in the making long before lavar lost his foot
Knowing Lavar Ball should come with the intrinsic knowledge that being married to him would be, at best, difficult.
Probably easier to deal when you are younger but I’m sure that shit gets tiring
Lmao people are fucking stupid. You don’t throw away 20+ years of marriage because someone lost a foot 🤣 what the hell
I’ve seen people throw away decades of marriage for far less than a missing foot lol
Can confirm. Dated a few avoidants and holy hell what a roller coaster lol
No buddy, he said “she wanted to go her own way”
Basically the Internet is assuming she left because lavar lost his foot, while he stayed helping and being an active role in her recovery
On social media, if a woman is involved she is at fault. Misogyny is absolutely rampant.
I think he was quoted on someone’s stream… he went on some streamers live saying she wanted to leave or something like that. People ran with it and gave their own spin on the story. I’m assuming all the BBB fans and the fans that watched their reality show were probably more invested.
For a second I thought you were talking about the Better Business Bureau and was like damn what’s their involvement in all this lol
Social media incels automatically assume it’s the woman’s fault every time and start coming up with conspiracies about how she’s a cheating slut or gold digger
No, Lavar’s remaining foot is getting dragged
It’s a sad reality. Whenever a someone divorces, there are always gold digger or cheating accusations.
This is my first time hearing anything about ball mom. And after seeing enough about her husband my initial thoughts are I don’t blame her for anything followed by I don’t really care to find out more.
People have heard Lavar Ball speak for 10 years and they blame the woman for divorcing him?
I don’t think you understand how much people hate women.
Okay well to be fair they could be a heck of a lot nicer to me. I’m always doing things for them like calling my exes to check in a couple dozen times a day, making sure their underwear drawer is organized when they’re out, checking to ensure their shrubbery is thriving at night, and watching them when they eat at restaurants to make sure they don’t choke.
I feel awful saying it but they’re just not very grateful people.
The problem is that you’re not also running at full speed behind them when they’re walking home to make sure they stay safe. It’s like you don’t even care at all.
This. There are all sorts of slurs that’ll get you banned on this website, but the slurs for women are all 100% a-okay.
Yeah people stood up for Torey Lanez after he shot Megan Thee Stallion in the foot
remember how it was Skylar’s fault and not Walt?
Clearly Skylar’s smoking gave Walt cancer
Do the large pizza and the dipping sticks mean nothing to her after her husband secretly built a meth empire ?
Literally in this fucking thread, lol
Ever since he said “stay in your lane” to that cohost on Colin cowherds show hes been highly questionable for me. It should’ve been obvious back then to everyone but a lot of people applauded him for doing that. Insane
Nah I think that was justified. That cohost was doing everything she could to make him tweak out
Sounds like Lavar doesn’t have a leg to stand on.
I’ll allow it
He had one more leg.
This joke would work if he lost both legs but he literally does still have a leg to stand on.
Yeah but he’d fall over
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especially when her new bf got 3 legs
Must have been wearing his own shoes
In his suite on this afternoon, during an interview he insists is recorded, LaVar sidesteps questions that would humanize him and offsets the occasional tender moment about his wife — “As long as she can smile, give a kiss and a hug,” he says, “I’m good” — with striking displays of cruelty — “That’s probably why she had the stroke, so she can be quiet for a minute.” Rather than slow his gait when they’d go to lunch in Chino Hills, he’d point out she’s “moving like an old-ass lady” because she uses a cane or advise Tina to “put your damn foot forward and walk!” “Keep moving slow; I’m gonna be inside with the AC blowing,” he now recalls telling her. “[Shoot], I’m not waiting all day for you to walk across the street; you better get to moving.”
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God damn, that’s pretty fucked…
That’s Lavar freaking Ball and I’m still kinda shocked. That’s straight up evil
I’m not 100% a karma believer but maybe that cost him a leg
Definitely feels like an appropriate punishment
Yup, this to all the people defending this obvious asshat.
People defending him? I thought we all agreed he was an asshat in 5 minutes.
People deadass call him a “great father” for abusing and tiger parenting 3 kids into the NBA, leaving aside they’re badly educated, immature, and all have baby mama drama. He also said women are the ones who provoke the man into hitting them.
Tbf Lonzo seems very mature.
“very” is doing some crazy heavy lifting, and if he didn’t have two bum ass brothers he would look normal. He’s just surrounded by worse people that make him look good by comparison.
What has Lonzo done that makes him look immature?
2 kids. one should still be in jail in China.
Tbh, I had no idea about any of this and just saw him as a highly enthusiastic and confident dad who wanted nothing but the best for his kids.
Clearly the ego was much less of a persona than I previously believed. But I never followed him or his life.
Avg Trump supporter type shit
Out of curiosity, have you….watched anything with him in it?
It’s amazing how many assholes have big fan bases. He’s had a weird amount of support even from the start when it was clear he was one from day one
during an interview he insists is recorded
lmao
Yeah this is the weird part; a reporter said that he said this and insists it was recorded but there’s no evidence of it? Lavar seems like an ass but this seems sus
Oh no I believe that he did it.
He really is that out of touch
The “he insists” being inside the quote and immediately before Lavar’s name makes it seem more like the situation is “Lavar insistently requested that the interview was recorded, then said this” rather than “the reporter insistently claims the interview was recorded”
A narcissist that would fall apart if you were to show him the same energy he gives others. Not shocking.
They always do, don’t they? That’s one of the tells
Fucking gross man. He is pure trash.
be hard-pressed to find anyone who deserved to lose a foot more than this dumbfk..
That’s abusive behavior. I would end all contact with anybody that treated his wife like that.
Wonder how fast he’s moving these days
aaaand there we have it. Yeah sure his wife left him because he lost his foot lmao
A stroke victim that needs around the clock care was somehow blamed for the end of a marriage to a known habitual liar and outright grifter, who people actually STILL take his word on things will always be mind numbingly stupid to me.
Never underestimate how stupid the average American is. I’ve learned this lesson over the last 10 years.
I was 15 when I met an American teacher from Texas who didn’t know the sun was a star. That’s when I learned the same.
wow lmao
“Imagine how stupid the average American is. Now realize that half of them are dumber than that”.
This isn’t something we should know
Hes publicly defending his mom from all the hate shes getting
No I mean we shouldn’t know about any of this to begin with. family issues like this should be private and not on display to public.
Not really an option with Lavar ball involved lol
Lavar is the one who brought it up so atp you are compelled to say something if you’re the son.
Something tells me Lavar wouldn’t have wanted it any other way
Its almost like famous people cant keep their private life private
They are actually pretty good at it if they want to keep things private. It just means they actually want to have to keep things private.
I mean if a famous person thats always with their wife is suddenly never spotted with them people are obviously gonna assume something happened. Even if they try their best to keep it private
I mean non celebrity couples business gets put on blast everyday. This type of event is commonplace even before the social media era.
Do you know who Lavar ball is? This is his life. They were literally on a reality show. They’re the Kardashians of ball
You can’t create a circus and then get mad when people buy tickets.
he’s saying this bc social media’s been trashing his mom for “leaving Lavar bc he lost his foot” so he’s clearing the air and defending his mom
First I’ve heard of it tbh. Glad I’m not on that part of the internet I guess.
Best thing I ever did was delete facebook and twitter years ago. At least on Reddit I can stick to the few communities I want to be in without other shit leaking through.
He lost his what
foot
I mean shes been getting completely eviscerated by incels and idiots on the internet lately so I totally get why he felt the urge to come out and defend her.
Why tf was Lavar Ball on a incel nobody like Neon’s stream lol
This tracks from a random coworker that told me their dad treated their mom like shit and didn’t visit her in the hospital when she was sick
That’s crazy bro (if true). He’s always seemed like a douche but at least he seemed like a loving family man. Guess not.
I do remember Lavar joking that the good thing about his wife in the hospital was that he didn’t have to hear her yapping anymore.
I thought nothing of it at the time, but it’s possible he checked out of the marriage, and she wanted to live her own life. If Lonzo had to come out and say that he’s glad his mom is in a better place, then it’s clear that he saw how unhappy she was with being married to Lavar.
He literally never seemed like that. Wut
Lavar has always come off as an asshole to me. Especially how he speaks about others. Just my opinion on it. I understand if others don’t view it that way.
loving family man
Wut
OHHHH. Yeah I kinda added that in there because it seems like his boys love him and he did his best to give them a platform.
They seemed more like smiling prisoners
It’s so interesting you were so ready to throw away everything lavar ball has shown to be a loving caring father just because of what a redditor heard his coworker say
Well to be fair, “loving caring father” and “loving caring husband” are not the same thing. Which is, of course, not to say that there’s any reason to believe Reddit rumors — just that it’s entirely possible for Lavar to have been a good father and bad husband.
or you can just, listen to LaVar’s own words.
No loving family man would speak of their wife like that.
If only there was a snippet from one their sons saying something similar somewhere on the internet.
Shown to be a loving father? He’s an egotistical jackass who pushed his sons to excel for his own benefit, not theirs. If it was all about the kids he wouldn’t be on ESPN debating Stephen a smith, wouldn’t be wrestling in WWE, he wouldn’t be starting a shoe and clothing brand grift operation with a co-founder who stole over a million dollars from one of his kids he was supposedly all about.
Lavar Ball sucks and is a shitty human being and father. His sons succeed in spite of him. Idk how Lonzo seems to have such a good head on his shoulders given the grandiose delusions of his self-obsessed father.
Lmao
He never showed any of that
Are we just ignoring the video of Lonzo defending his mother from the lies Lavar told?
Kudos to Lonzo for sticking up for both his parents.
in all of this, you see that dude is one of the most grounded, sound mature kids you can see
stuck up for both, level headed, even his game is like this.
Props to Lonzo
and as he said in one interview, if lamelo was the oldest-we’d all be in jail.
worst dude to get the injury he did
yea, that bulls squad was fun. For all the crap they gave him in the draft, hes the ultimate team player, takes pride in defense, in moving the ball forward, rebounds. And reworked his shot as a pro, very difficult to do. really can be an asset for any team
They are so different, it’s wild that they’re brothers lol
Not surprising though, people tend to just stop parenting the third and youngest child lol. It’s like they decided to stop putting in effort the more kids they had
I genuinely do not understand how Lonzo is so normal compared to the rest of family.
Oldest kid constantly going through shit for being first while also being levelheaded is quite something g
He’s always been that way, even as a kid. Always surreal how levelheaded he was, considering his dad
Anyone got a link? Googles giving me nothing for the jail quote
he’s the oldest of the kids right? that tracks
Meh Lavar from everything we’ve seen him do deserves no defense. Pretty much every issue in Lonzo’s life is in some way attributable to him lol. And don’t give me that “at least he’s a good father” crap either. Good fathers dont treat women and other peoples’ kids the way he did/does.
He set up his pal who he knew was a convicted financial criminal to run his son’s shoe business (and then guess what happened!), and ruined dozens if not hundreds of kids’ NCAA eligibility with a pro league that ran out of money like 4 weeks in. Oh and he pulled his other two kids out of one of the best colleges in existence not just flat out but for their specific basketball journeys and send them to Europe and as a result that team immediately lost its league eligibility status potentially fucking them forever. Real men don’t pull shit like that.
There’s “doing anything I can for my kids,” and there’s straight fucking scheming under the guise of willing to do anything for your kids.
Amazing how well adjusted Lonzo turned out compared to Gelo and Melo
Eldest sibling
Genuinely I think Gelo and Melo are good kids they are just immature and annoying. Doesn’t make them bad people.
Yeah but Gelo might swerve round that corner woah and Melo will DEFINITELY swerve round that corner
He almost had a 4.0 in hs while leading the best hs team oat
Lavar is a piece of shit, what a surprise
From what I remember Lavar only revealed they got divorced and had a good run. I don’t recall him saying anything disrespectful towards her in that stream.
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His dad shouldn’t have even announced the divorce knowing the implication, I get why Lonzo is defending his mom from the backlash
It was a stream at his house and might have felt the need to explain why he has a new girlfriend.
The misogyny from people who assumed she left him over the foot, and that she owed him for taking care of her when she had a stroke, it’s fucking disgusting, good on Lonzo for sticking up for her.
Apparently even when she was unwell he didn’t really even look after her it’s was her parent doing the work but Lavar such an asshole
Video he’s responding to: LaVar Ball Reveals His Wife of 30 Years Left Him
When you put what Lonzo said together with what Lavar says at the end of this video, a picture emerges as to what happened
eli5
The rumor / drama take is that Lavar had an affair with one of his employees but is framing it as if his wife left him before that
lonzo dropping family lore like it’s nothing lmaoo. mom forced to leave, pops ain’t fw each other but zo still cool with both… that’s the most lonzo thing ever. gotta respect the honesty tho
Lavar Ball a bad guy? Who could have guessed.
Lot of things being thrown at her on social media already.
What a weird fucking way to say you are still on good terms with both of your parents.
This just in: Lonzo Ball still fucks with both parents.
The first thing I thought about when Lavar mentioned the divorce was that her sons would take good care of her and she didn’t need Lavar any more. Lonzo saying that he helped her leave when she didn’t even want to says a lot about her situation before these guys made the NBA.
Gotta be a better way to word this.
Is this the worse use of the phrase “fuck with them”. Don’t use it about your parents.
its normal slang.
This is Reddit with white kids. They don’t know slang unless it hits tik tok
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Brodda this is the BALLZ
Lmao get this shit out of this sub. This is some celeb drama shit not nba.
NBA is celeb drama, people love it.
Lavar was an asshole before he lost his foot. It’s easy to believe he became more of one after losing it and needing to depend on other people
As a non-American, hearing a dude talking about how he fucks with both his parents is… something.
This feels invasive, for one
But “quote, unquote forced to leave” is a bit ominous, no? Either way I’d prefer to not know, in lieu of the internet being the internet
Good lord I can’t imagine airing my family business for the world like this.
what a stupid idiomatic evolution in the language..
I find it weird when adults use the F word to describe people they have in their life.
I find it weird you said “F word” instead of fuck.
Lonzo was always the most mature in the family.
Good answer.
I swear Social Media just hates women or something. LaVar Ball is an awful human being and she’s getting flak?
I hope his parent’s divorce doesn’t affect Lamelo’s play on the court.
That’s some real eldest sibling shit. Respect for speaking out about something that should be able to be private.
Felt the same about my parents when they split too. Love em both but they were doing more bad than good while they were together. Divorced after like 40 years of marriage lol
Sounds like Lavar is on his last leg
Lavar Ball always came off as an asshole to me. Did he get his kids to the NBA sure, but a lot of the way he did it appeared to make it way more about him than his kids.
The way these idiots talk. I swear they got an IQ hovering around room temperature.
Shocker, the loud mouth and arrogant man that raised at least 2 arrogant little shits isn’t a good husband.
Couldn’t care less about any balls besides my own but good on Lonzo for putting that out there. Language aside it was a mature thing to say.
Cool.
Also, maybe let’s not use the phrase “fuck with” when referring to our parents. Just a thought.
I would hope you fuck with your parents.