LaVar Ball blames sneakers, NBA strength and conditioning programs for Lonzo Ball, LaMelo Ball injury troubles
LaVar Ball chalks the injuries up to the fact his boys, LaMelo Ball and Lonzo Ball, are trained by NBA folks who don’t know what they’re doing instead of, well, him. “They say, oh, LaVar, you worked the boys out too hard — that’s why they hurt,” he says. “No, the reason they hurt is because they got away from me. And they start doing these roody-poo workouts. Because if you keep running them hills, you’re going to keep that power and that strength. But you start dealing with these rubber bands and doing this lightweight stuff, of course you’re going to start breaking down.”
Source: CBSSports.com
Source: CBSSports.com
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Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
I actually view Charlotte as a pretty desirable job at the moment. Brandon Miller is a real building block. LaMelo is overpaid but he’s young and made an All-Star team. Mark Williams rules. They’ll have another high pick. New ownership. A new coach can win there. – 10:50 AM
I actually view Charlotte as a pretty desirable job at the moment. Brandon Miller is a real building block. LaMelo is overpaid but he’s young and made an All-Star team. Mark Williams rules. They’ll have another high pick. New ownership. A new coach can win there. – 10:50 AM
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LaVar Ball has no regrets as LaMelo, Lonzo deal with injuries he blames on NBA conditioning, ‘raggedy shoes’
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LaVar Ball has no regrets as LaMelo, Lonzo deal with injuries he blames on NBA conditioning, ‘raggedy shoes’
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Rod Boone @rodboone
Brandon Miller has been named Eastern Conference rookie of the month for March. It’s his third straight month winning the award, and he joins LaMelo Ball and Raymond Felton as the lone players in franchise history to accomplish the feat. pic.twitter.com/60ThGS5CGs – 3:51 PM
Brandon Miller has been named Eastern Conference rookie of the month for March. It’s his third straight month winning the award, and he joins LaMelo Ball and Raymond Felton as the lone players in franchise history to accomplish the feat. pic.twitter.com/60ThGS5CGs – 3:51 PM
Rod Boone @rodboone
Brandon Miller has been named Eastern Conference rookie of the month for March. It’s his third straight month winning the award, and he jons LaMelo Ball and Raymond Felton as the lone players in franchise history to accomplish the feat. pic.twitter.com/Hfc0NSeg1e – 3:36 PM
Brandon Miller has been named Eastern Conference rookie of the month for March. It’s his third straight month winning the award, and he jons LaMelo Ball and Raymond Felton as the lone players in franchise history to accomplish the feat. pic.twitter.com/Hfc0NSeg1e – 3:36 PM
More on this storyline
LaVar Ball got more on this. And room to plug, casually, his Big Baller Brand, which, by the “BBB” shirt he’s wearing, is still a thing. “They’ve been trained hard enough? No, no, no,” he says. “Because you condition your body for running and jumping. You’ve got to condition your legs. So that’s why I always have my boys in them hills and running hard in them hills. That will make you run like a deer when you get on that court, so you won’t be getting hurt. A lot of things have to do with them raggedy shoes that Melo be wearing. Them shoes are not made the right way for him. That’s why he keeps tweaking his ankle every single time.” -via CBSSports.com / April 3, 2024
KC Johnson: Lonzo Ball is in Chicago, per Donovan. Zach LaVine and Patrick Williams were scheduled to fly in this afternoon, per Donovan. -via Twitter @KCJHoop / April 1, 2024
Julia Poe: Zach LaVine, Lonzo Ball and Patrick Williams will come back to Chicago around April 1 to reconnect with the team. Billy Donovan says he expects them to be here for the Atlanta game. -via Twitter @byjuliapoe / March 27, 2024
And now the next time Hornets’ fans will see him in uniform won’t come until the fall, once again cutting his season short prematurely. “Listen, LaMelo Ball been very diligent about all of his rehab and work and his ankle just hasn’t responded,” coach Steve Clifford said after Thursday’s practice. “So, really it’s just as simple as that.” -via Charlotte Observer / March 28, 2024
In his last public comments, which came four days after what turned out to be his final game of the season, Ball told the Observer he was focused on getting healthy and made that his top priority. “Facts,” Ball said Jan. 30. “That’s pretty much my main thing.” Apparently, his body won’t cooperate to a satisfactory level. “Yeah, it sucks,” said Miles Bridges, one of Ball’s closest friends on the team. “Melo, he loves basketball. He loves playing the game of basketball. If he has an injury that affects him that much, it definitely affects him. Because if he could come out here and play at 80% he would. So, it’s tough having him out. I miss playing with him for sure, but his health is what matters the most.” -via Charlotte Observer / March 28, 2024