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It was only a matter of time until LaVar Ball unleashed on Donald Trump. Last week, the President demanded a thank you from the three UCLA players because he felt he played a huge role when he personally asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to help secure the release of the players who were being held in China for shoplifting.
Do you think the three UCLA Basketball Players will say thank you President Trump? They were headed for 10 years in jail!
While speaking to the media on Friday, LaVar downplayed Trump’s role in getting LiAngelo and his teammates home.
“Who?” LaVar Ball told ESPN on Friday, when asked about Trump’s involvement in the matter. “What was he over there for? Don’t tell me nothing. Everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out.”
As long as my boy’s back here, I’m fine,” LaVar Ball told ESPN. “I’m happy with how things were handled. A lot of people like to say a lot of things that they thought happened over there. Like I told him, ‘They try to make a big deal out of nothing sometimes.’ I’m from L.A. I’ve seen a lot worse things happen than a guy taking some glasses. My son has built up enough character that one bad decision doesn’t define him. Now if you can go back and say when he was 12 years old he was shoplifting and stealing cars and going wild, then that’s a different thing.
The LaVar Ball-Donald Trump twitter feud is almost inevitable at this point. We’ll see how long it takes for Trump to call Lonzo a bust and declare Big Baller Brand a failure.