Old Newspaper Quote Proves That LaVar Ball Wasn’t Much Of A Basketball Player In College

Throughout the past year, LaVar Ball has insisted that he would have beaten Michael Jordan one-on-one if they had met in college. However, it turns out that Ball wasn’t that great of a basketball player during his college years at Washington State. Here is an old quote from LaVar’s college coach Kelvin Sampson talking about Ball and his inability to score.

Of course, the man who average 2.2 points a game in college and “couldn’t score 20 points if locked in a barn for two hours” thinks he’s going to beat the GOAT in a game of one-of-one.

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Brobible sports editor. Jorge is a Miami native and lifelong Heat fan. He has been covering the NBA, MLB and NFL professionally for almost 10 years, specializing in digital media.