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At one point along the way, Markelle Fultz thought about signing with LaVar Ball’s Big Baller Brand, but he ended up choosing Nike instead. Turns out that his, and his mom’s, reasons for eventually NOT choosing Big Baller are A+++.
Fultz, who will be chosen with the first pick in this year’s NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers (sorry, Boston)…
…and his mom Ebony Fultz recently spoke about Markelle being picked number one and his decision when it came to which shoe company to sign with.
Markelle Fultz and Lonzo Ball are likely to be the Nos. 1 and 2 picks in the NBA draft this week and, like Magic and Bird, the two could not be more different — and that extends to their parents. Whereas Lonzo Ball’s father is outspoken and boastful, Fultz’s mother, a government worker, is quiet. “I was raised to be respectful, cordial, not loud,” Ebony Fultz told The Washington Post’s Kent Babb.
Shade Alert!
LaVar Ball is a reality show just waiting to happen. Not Ebony Fultz.
“It’s just an upbringing kind of thing,” she says.
But wait, it gets even better…
In an exchange relayed by The Post’s Babb, the young prospect discussed the idea with his trainer, Keith Williams:
Williams: You sure you don’t want to sign with them?
Fultz: I was thinking about it, but then I would make him money, though.
Williams: Or lose them more money.
[Babb asks if there was serious consideration for Team Fultz to join Big Baller Brand]
Fultz: I don’t know, honestly.
Williams: I don’t think they’ve got money to sign nobody.
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I guess Fultz just isn’t a “Big Baller” like LaVar’s son Lonzo. Oh, wait…
See you in Philly, Markelle.
See you, somewhere, LaVar.
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