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On Thursday night, the LA Lakers drafted Lonzo Ball out of UCLA. After Lonzo got picked by the Lakers, his father LaVar went on an insane rant guaranteeing a playoff berth for the Lakers next season.
LaVar Ball guarantees Lonzo Ball will take the Lakers to the NBA playoffs in his first year pic.twitter.com/7CLjH2IWcx
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) June 22, 2017
LaVar’s draft night rant prompted Sixers Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid to take some shots at the future Laker guard and his father on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/BenSimmons25/status/878038026122924033
Please dunk on him so hard that his daddy runs on the court to save him.. https://t.co/cMvt5RYiSQ
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) June 22, 2017
For whatever reason ESPN inserted themselves into the beef and took a shot at Joel Embiid with this graphic.
ESPN firing shots at Joel Embiid 😂 pic.twitter.com/0ZX18aQAlY
— Eric Fawcett (@EricFawcett_) June 23, 2017
h/t The Spun