In his saddest take yet, LaVar Ball says LiAngelo is better than Zion Williamson

In his saddest take yet LaVar Ball says LiAngelo is better than Zion Williamson, LaVar Ball rose to prominence by making countless outlandish statements about himself and his basketball-playing sons, Lonzo, LiAngelo and LaMelo.

It’s kind of his thing.

But at some point, LaVar needs to step back and listen to what he’s saying because there’s a difference between believing in your sons and being objectively wrong.

LaVar’s claim that his middle son, LiAngelo, is better and stronger than Zion Williamson, for example, is wildly and objectively wrong.

In a super-zoomed-in FaceTime interview with TMZ Sports, LaVar first went on to hype up LiAngelo’s NBA prospects. The 20-year-old LiAngelo played in Lithuania last year and LaVar’s JBA league. He was not drafted and did not receive any G League or Summer League invites. LaVar said of LiAngelo:

“Man, watch what Gelo do this year. Watch what Gelo do this year. Want some more guarantees? I guarantee he’s gonna be in the Summer League. I guarantee he’s gonna have an NBA contract this year. How’s that? The biggest and the strongest 2-guard in the NBA right now. Ain’t nobody built like him at the 2-guard. Nobody — 6-6, 240. He can shoot the 3, post you up, kill you. But you gonna see.”

When asked specifically if LiAngelo would have been a lottery pick this year, LaVar went after Zion Williamson.

“Man, if Gelo was coming out, doing his thing, he’d be the first pick. This year, he’d be the first pick. Can’t nobody hold a candle to that boy. He (Zion) can’t hold a candle to that boy. Why? Because he’d shoot his lights out, and he’s stronger than Zion. He can be big, but he ain’t no Big Baller. He’s a Williamson.”

At this point, you can’t even take LaVar seriously here.

If he really believed that LiAngelo had top-pick potential after two years of college, why would he pull him out of UCLA after the China arrest? By LaVar’s logic, it would have been better for LiAngelo to take his season-long suspension, stay at UCLA, star as a redshirt freshman and cash in on a potential $41 million rookie deal. You’re not taking LiAngelo out of UCLA, having him play for a Lithuanian bottom-dweller and beg (unsuccessfully) for a Summer League spot if you actually believe LiAngelo is better than Zion.

That would be an epic self-own, if so.

LiAngelo should have been a four-year college player who could have developed into an NBA player. He’s nowhere close to Zion, but, of course, we already knew that. LaVar does too.