Lavar Ball Says You Can't Win No Championships With 3 White Guys
ESPN – LaVar Ball, the outspoken father of former UCLA guard Lonzo Ball, gave two reasons Thursday for why the Bruins were eliminated in the NCAA tournament: Lonzo was saddled by a hamstring injury, and some of his teammates, whom LaVar referred to as “three white guys,” couldn’t pick up the slack.
Lonzo Ball did not mention the injury after the Bruins’ Sweet 16 loss to Kentucky, and UCLA coach Steve Alford said he believed his player was fine.
“Realistically you can’t win no championship with three white guys because the foot speed is too slow,” LaVar Ball told the Southern California News Group, presumably talking about Bruins starters TJ Leaf, Bryce Alford and Thomas Welsh.
“I told Lonzo, ‘One of these games you might need to go for 30 or 40 points.’ It turned out that was the one game,” LaVar Ball added. “Then once they get to the Elite Eight, they’re right there.”
Listen is impossible to not win no championships with white dudes? Of course not. All the the whites from the Louisville championship team are having a ball tweeting out pictures of their championship rings and shots of the three of them posing for cream cheese greatness. You can win basketball championships with white people. It is, in fact, possible.
But is it probable? Nah. Not really. Whites just ain’t that good ain’t basketball. It just ain’t our thing. Over the years we’ve gotten better. But when you look at the real good white fellas they still stick out. Bird, Dirk, now Kristaps. Sprinkle in a Stockton. A pinch of McHale. A dash of Mullin. But the point remains that they are few and far between. College is different, sure. A lot more white guys make it on a collegiate level. I’ll just say it – a lot play a really disciplined game that make up for all their whiteness. That’s where all the terms like grit and motor and intangibles and all of PFTs favorite terms come from. They are all adjectives used to describe ways that white people overcome not being very good at basketball. Can’t run can’t jump no swagger no attitude but they know how to shuffle their feet and hit free throws and run an offense. But all that stuff is basically just to get back to an even playing field with the other dudes who can jump out of the gym and run like the wind.
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Just facts man. Exceptions to every rule, of course. In some cases, major major exceptions. Larry Bird being the greatest exception of all and he said the EXACT SAME thing 30 years ago. Stereotypes exist for a reason, and Lavar Ball exists for a reason. To be the most entertaining man on earth.