You can't win no championship with 3 white guys'

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LaVar Ball on UCLA losing in March Madness: 'You can't win no championship with 3 white guys'

Lonzo Ball and the UCLA Bruins bowed out of this year's NCAA Tournament in the Sweet 16. Several weeks later, Lonzo's eccentric father, LaVar Ball, suggested it was because the team had "three white guys" in its starting lineup.

"Realistically you can't win no championship with three white guys because the foot speed is too slow," LaVar told The Orange County Register on Thursday. "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. Then once they get to the Elite 8, they're right there."
This season, UCLA started three white players: TJ Leaf, Bryce Alford, and Thomas Welsh.
In the Bruins' Sweet 16 loss to Kentucky, Lonzo Ball played through a bad hamstring and managed only 10 points.
"People thought he was giving up, but he popped his hamstring," LaVar Ball said. "He said, 'I was trying to run, but my hamstring was pulled.' But he's never going to make excuses."
In the locker room after his team's March Madness loss, Lonzo Ball announced that he was turning pro, and he's projected to be a top-three pick in this year's NBA draft. Basketball fans may debate whether his wonky jump shot will translate to the NBA, but one thing is certain: LaVar Ball will surely continue to make headlines once his son reaches the next level.

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  • Beta
    Beta Members Posts: 65,596 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lavar just messed up his reality show...
  • playboy buddy rose
    playboy buddy rose Members Posts: 2,844 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Beta wrote: »
    Lavar just messed up his reality show...

    Pops gon cost his son alot of money if he keep makin comments like that
  • Inglewood_B
    Inglewood_B Members Posts: 12,246 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2017
    Beta wrote: »
    Lavar just messed up his reality show...

    Pops gon cost his son alot of money if he keep makin comments like that

    As long as he don't pop off with similarly problematic statements, his pops will have 0 effect on his earning potential.

    Especially if he lives up to the hype
  • gns
    gns Members Posts: 21,285 ✭✭✭✭✭
  • ericb4prez
    ericb4prez Members Posts: 4,201 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I really don't care about crackers being in their feels about this, but dude is factually incorrect. That Duke team that won the chip against Butler had like 5 white boys on the squad. I wish he'd shut the ? up overall

    Butler best player was white though lol
  • Rampage12
    Rampage12 Members Posts: 3,512 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Didn't Carmelo and Hakim win a championship with 3 white boys on their squad who all contributed.
  • natural born sinners
    natural born sinners Members Posts: 5,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You can certainly win chips in college w white guys, but you ain't pulling that ? off in the NBA. College ball full of white guys that can ball against college level competition, however SLOT of them dudes can't hang or make it in the nba
  • natural born sinners
    natural born sinners Members Posts: 5,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
  • nujerz84
    nujerz84 Members Posts: 15,418 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2017
    You can certainly win chips in college w white guys, but you ain't pulling that ? off in the NBA. College ball full of white guys that can ball against college level competition, however SLOT of them dudes can't hang or make it in the nba

    Jordan Bulls

    Bird Celtics

    and the overall history of NBA show how stupid this statement is
  • Shizlansky
    Shizlansky Members Posts: 35,095 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I read two of the white guys had more points than his son.
  • mrtdb
    mrtdb Members Posts: 2,080 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Beta wrote: »
    Lavar just messed up his reality show...

    Pops gon cost his son alot of money if he keep makin comments like that

    As long as he don't pop off with similarly problematic statements, his pops will have 0 effect on his earning potential.

    Especially if he lives up to the hype

    Lonzo seems humble as ? .

    Lamelo seems like he would have more to worry about because he mimics Lavar a lot. He's 15 though so he's impressionable, so that might change.

    Lonzo seems like he only cares about hooping, dude mumbles in the interviews, his dad out talks him by a lot.

    Personality wise he seems like another Kawhi or Duncan
  • mrtdb
    mrtdb Members Posts: 2,080 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Talent wise we'll see how it goes. His defense looks shaky
  • KNiGHTS
    KNiGHTS Members Posts: 4,435 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dude may be the WOAT athlete father. Seriously, Danny Garcia's dad is probably like, "Yo, shut the ? up."

    And aren't his sons half white? (Don't follow them at all, but I'm just eyeballing it). The ? ...
  • KingLuciano
    KingLuciano Members Posts: 476 ✭✭✭✭
    I bet only one of his kids will end being any good.
  • natural born sinners
    natural born sinners Members Posts: 5,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
    nujerz84 wrote: »
    You can certainly win chips in college w white guys, but you ain't pulling that ? off in the NBA. College ball full of white guys that can ball against college level competition, however SLOT of them dudes can't hang or make it in the nba

    Jordan Bulls

    Bird Celtics

    and the overall history of NBA show how stupid this statement is

    Jordan Bulls- usually had 1 or two spot up 3 point specialist. Only one was a starter (Paxson and even then BJ Armstrong used to snatch up mad playing time off him) as far as the other white guys, you saying Jordan don't win 6 chips w/o luc longley and will purdue lol come on son!

    Bird Celtics are the exception...and that's bc Bird was a hall of fame player, you know what you right on Celtics. McHale and Ainge were major contributors.
  • nujerz84
    nujerz84 Members Posts: 15,418 ✭✭✭✭✭
    nujerz84 wrote: »
    You can certainly win chips in college w white guys, but you ain't pulling that ? off in the NBA. College ball full of white guys that can ball against college level competition, however SLOT of them dudes can't hang or make it in the nba

    Jordan Bulls

    Bird Celtics

    and the overall history of NBA show how stupid this statement is

    Jordan Bulls- usually had 1 or two spot up 3 point specialist. Only one was a starter (Paxson and even then BJ Armstrong used to snatch up mad playing time off him) as far as the other white guys, you saying Jordan don't win 6 chips w/o luc longley and will purdue lol come on son!

    Bird Celtics are the exception...and that's bc Bird was a hall of fame player, you know what you right on Celtics. McHale and Ainge were major contributors.


    So now you changing the topic. Bulls squad had 6 white dudes..almost half its roster when they won 72-10. So by this stupid logic, they should have never won a championship because it had 6 white guys

    Toni Kukoc and Steve Kerr werent major contributors? Without Toni who one of the best 6th man in the league who starts when Pip was injured or Rodman was suspended you can say Bulls are no way the same team.. Or Kerr who was arguably the best 3pt shooter in the league (best 3 point pct of all time)

    In 98 Pip missed most of the first half of season, if Bulls don' have Toni they are not a one seed perhaps not even a two seed...

    Luc Longley starting Center, Bill Wennington was his backup. Jud Buechler also contributed.

    The Bulls actually had 3 or 4 white guys playing on the court many times..2 white guys on the court was common.

    Do the Spurs win all of its championships without Manu

    Never-mind the history of the NBA prior to our life times teams were full of white guys winning championships.

    Stop It 5.