Monday, March 25, 2019

Ball Brothers Cut Ties with Dad?


LA Lakers Lonzo Ball and his brothers LiAngelo and LaMelo appeared to cut ties with their father, Lavar Ball, in the wake of a Big Baller Brand scandal...
 
The move comes after family friend and Big Baller Brand co-founder Alan Foster was accused of stealing $1.5 million from the business in an investigative report by ESPN [Go here to read it]. Lonzo's father credits Alan with giving him the idea to reject endorsement deals from Nike and Addias to launch Big Baller Brand and market their own sneakers.

Days after the scandal broke Lonzo and his brothers all unfollowed Big Baller Brand on Instagram and Lonzo made a post with the slogan from Serena Williams' latest Nike campaign along with his jersey hanging in the rafters at the Staples Center. The post was captioned, "Moving on to bigger and better #MyOwnMan. Lonzo also changed his Twitter profile to a picture of himself wearing a Nike T-shirt as a baby

Adding fuel to the fire Lonzo's brother Melo Ball commented under the post, "love u brother thanks for getting us out my G 100."