LaVar Ball defended his son Lonzo with strong words for Los Angeles Clippers point guard Patrick Beverley Thursday night.
The younger Ball struggled in his Los Angeles Lakers debut and following his three-point, four assist effort in the 108-92 loss to the Clippers, Beverley reportedly yelled while walking off the court, “Weak ass [expletive]. Bring him out on the court with me and I will tear his ass up.”
When told of those comments, LaVar was not happy. “Yeah, you shut the [expletive] down,” he told ESPN. “And your check still ain’t going to go no higher than what it is. Yeah, you shut him down. OK … Who is Patrick Beverley? He played all last year and nobody said nothing about him. Now we are looking at your first game. Why? Because Lonzo’s name is attached to it.”
Lonzo, who turns 20 next week, was drafted by the Lakers with the second overall pick in the 2017 draft. Beverley, 29, is entering his sixth season in the NBA and first with the Clippers.
Even though Beverley didn’t mention Lonzo by name, LaVar told ESPN it didn’t matter. He also mentioned that Beverley tried to stare him down in his courtside seats near the Clippers bench.
“So you got to be [all hard],” LaVar said. “Let’s see what you do the next five games, if you are going to be pumped up toward everybody like that and go back to your 0-for-5 shooting and your two or three rebounds. Nobody is going to care about you. But you put my son’s name in it, and you put my name in it, now you got some action and you got some people talking.”
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