>According to A. Sherrod Blakely of Comcast SportsNet, Celtics general manager Danny Ainge said Ball recently informed the Celtics of his decision.
>Ainge reportedly called the Ball family and the oldest Ball son had issues with the Celtics blowout losses against the Cavs
>Lonzo then questioned the culture of the Celtics and said he couldn't understand the thinking behind a player like Isaiah Thomas essentially quitting on his team at half time
>Ainge took offense to this, saying team doctors shut down Thomas and he wanted to play, but Ball wasn't convinced
>The conversation ended quickly with Ball hanging up on Ainge, reportedly saying "I've heard all I need to, thanks."
>Ainge was said to be furious and plans to file a formal complaint with the league regarding the incompetence of Lavar Ball and the negative effect he will have on the league
>Boston holds the top pick in the draft after previously acquiring it from the Brooklyn Nets.
>Ball's choice is true to comments made by his father, LaVar Ball, with regard to his son's workout preference.
>The elder Ball informed Ryan Ward of Lakers Nation that his son would only work out for the Los Angeles Lakers in advance of the draft.
He knows the Lakers will draft him and that's what he wants, he's trying to stop the Celtics getting to him first.
Parker Phillips
he isn't even the best player in the draft why should the celtics care
Andrew Wright
well now celtics definitely won't pick him
kinda hope lakers won't either
Tyler Ross
God I hope the Lakers don't pick him and he has to go to the fucking Sixers.
Lavar would solve the California drought with his tears
Adam Torres
t. butthurt celticfag
Wyatt Rogers
Too bad they're not based enough to pick him just to fuck with him and then trade him to some flyover shithole like Utah for a starter.
Landon Johnson
are you trying to make the argument that fultz has less prospective or current talent?
Levi Jones
>mfw he goes to sacramento
Brody Sanchez
What a douche. I hope the Celtics trade the pick to some shithole team that will pick him.
Or better yet, this
Caleb Rogers
I hope he falls to the Knicks
Logan Gutierrez
I'm just saying no one wants to come to Boston
Grayson Fisher
good, this guy isnt a #1 pick
Caleb Myers
>Ainge was said to be furious and plans to file a formal complaint with the league regarding the incompetence of Lavar Ball and the negative effect he will have on the league
Levi Morris
This seems like fake news. Ainge himself said the call was respectful
(((they))) are against the ball family being successful. It would mean (((they'd))) actually have to pay these NBA stars what theyre worth for shoe deals rather than tossing them peanuts in a long term deal
Hunter Fisher
Blakely is pretty reliable idk
Elijah Diaz
you mean no one wants to go to LA
Nathaniel Evans
*sips gatorade in your direction*
Jose Murphy
STOP FAKE NEWS
JUST FUCKING STOP
TOP 15-20 PLAYERS NEVER WORK OUT, THERE IS NO FUCKING POINT.
I wouldn't want to live in LA neither but santa monica is so comfy
William Ortiz
he's just doing everything he can to stay in LA
Julian Jones
>reigniting Lakers Celtics hate
I approve of this big baller
Jordan Morgan
it's more than $.
they use the shoe deals to control them
Wyatt Anderson
Celtics need to pick him and trade him away.
Ball is a cunt
Bentley Walker
>Player doesn't want to play for your team >They tell you they aren't interested >Lodge a complaint to the league wtf is this communism shit
Luke Roberts
Being a tool who only hangs with the cool ppl from Cali is more frustrating than heroically capitalist. Especially in the context of a draft, where the whole idea is you don't choose.
Blake Roberts
John elway did the same thing. He turned out fine.
Anthony Moore
Eli too
Hudson Thomas
Still waiting for a Big Baller rap
Connor Myers
Shit really hits the fan when a nigger gets uppity tho huh?
Julian Wright
How many times is Ball going to get banged to the floor by Amir Johnson?
I hope he yells CELTICS in his face every time too. I'm not even a Celtics fan, but Lavar and Lonzo gonna be fucking roasted every game there
Dylan Adams
yeah, it's bullshit fake news.
NBA/Nike aren't into independent thinkers.
Landon Reed
Does he want to be the Jose Bautista of the NBA because thats one way to shorten your career is to be as unlikeable as possible
John Campbell
I don't get this new Gatorade. What makes it have a more "smoother finish"?
Ethan Hughes
really bit Kobe in the ass
Dominic Sullivan
Is Lonzo even considered black?
Gavin Diaz
he's bogpilled
Christopher Lee
In a America, yes. He a light skinned nigga. It's fucked up but that's how it goes.
Jack Hill
Ball will be a bust, all three sons will fall short
Michael Williams
If he wants to be.
Jeremiah Jenkins
>my face when the Celtics use all of the Nets picks on busts >my face when Lonzo busts >my face when the other Ball brothers flame out in college
Michael Baker
> santa monica is so comfy Santa Monica has nice beaches but is otherwise a cosmopolitan, homeless infested shithole.
Why wouldn't you just go next door to El Segundo.
Joshua Wood
>El Segundo I left my wallet there once.
Ayden Parker
Balls a bitch, but the whole draft is bullshit anyway. It's just a way for owners to kill the bargaining power of young players. Why is America always cucked by old rich guys?
Aiden Gutierrez
It's been that way from the beginning...
Tyler Roberts
>a cosmopolitan, homeless infested shithole. seems contradictory user. It's one or the other no?
Adam Roberts
>t. Q-Tip
Luis Baker
why doesnt some super talented guy just dropt out off the draft and go undrafted to whichever team he wants? i mean you dont have to be drafted is there any rule stopping this?
Austin Barnes
So the league doesn't become a 2 team league like soccer
OH WAIT
Dominic Hernandez
at least long term there is hope for NBA teams, something which isn't quite true for football teams, except when some rich sandnigger decides to pump a lot of money in the club.
>i mean you dont have to be drafted is there any rule stopping this? salary is dictated by the draft order.
entering the league undrafted would cost you $ for your entire career.
Jose Cooper
You can't do that. If you don't get drafted you have your choice of overseas or d-league. Then any team can pick you but you would be making the league minimum which is like ~700k instead of a rookie contract which is around 3-4M
Oliver Bell
This image is fucking stupid. Nice job taking it out of context.
Aiden Harris
Lavar is the worst businessman of all time.
He has basically destroyed all his leverage..
No team is going to draft Lonzo outside of the lakers. And if youre the lakers...why use a first on him?
1 of 2 things will happen..some other dumb ass team takes him...all you have to do is show interest and he'll refuse to play. Trade pennies for him.
The other option is just to wait till the second or third round. You won't have to pay him shit.
Quite literally black people are the worst at this stuff. Is it genetic? Culture?
Dominic Baker
is this idiot serious?
Ball is almost certainly going to be the #2 pick. No way he drops out of the top 5.
Jaxon Ramirez
Based Dutchman.
Brayden Smith
In America, "White" is northern European. I figured this out when I informed my friend from Portugal that he wasn't white. He lost his shit.
Brayden Ross
Why would any team other than the Lakers take him? So he can hold out and not play?
And if youre the Lakers...why the fuck would you pay premium for someone who only refuses to play for you?
Basic economics. He has killed his own "demand" by publicly stating that he will only play for the Lakers. Supply matters little when demand does not exist.
Eli Flores
No it isn't
Jordan James
Vegas has Ball at the 2nd best odds to go #1.
Stop talking shit.
Joseph James
Sorry bro. Youre not white.
German, English, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, Swiss, Irish, Scottish, Some French(not the nig ones), Belgian, Austrian.
If your not almost exclusively made up from those countries...youre inferior and when WW3 happens...we'll be sure to put you on the front lines.
Andrew Scott
and Josh Jackson is a DISTANT third
Jaxson Price
>Basic economics >Applying to a fixed market place You shoulda stayed in school lad.
Christopher Smith
None of what he's doing isn't in Lonzo's favor.
Interfering with his career, trying to push your brand the next $3B sports brand awhile making the kid wear it, going at it in the media at every given turn, this is all heavy, heavy baggage for a prospect barely in the top 5 even if he was is a once in a life prospect.
Teams don't want players with baggage. They want professionals only interested in furthering their career, aiding the team, and win games. They don't want a media circus, outside factors effecting the player's decision, or distracting ulterior motives like furthering your brand; Lavarr is all of these headaches. But these all pale in comparison to dealing with a diva, which as the headlines imply, is imminent. A diva with a dad factoring into team decisions, while promoting his brand nonetheless.
Also I have yet to hear Lavarr talk about much of leader his kid is and his humility. All of these weights are gonna get a lot heavier when the kid loses the game for the team.
Jace White
>what is a salary cap
No, they bill it as such, but the draft has little to do with parity. It's all about controlling bargaining power.
Dominic Davis
>None of what he's doing is in Lonzo's favor. fixt
William Ramirez
Lanzo knows how good he is and knows if he isn't in control he's going to spend his best year building a team for some shithole town and not even be close to a ring. >*cough* Anthony Davis *cough*
But hey, maybe celts fans can pray that their small ballers lose to the cavs at the final then in the playoffs.
Daniel Taylor
Only because the Lakers are not smart enough to do what said. Also because the league will probably "encourage" them to just pick him, to avoid a clusterfuck holdout.
Jose Nguyen
I'm from LA and that is literally what Santa Monica is, the beaches are littered by hobos but I wouldn't call it a shithole
Downtown LA on the other hand is the perfect description of a shithole
Parker Walker
Yes, user (you) is a step ahead of every bookmaker in Vegas.
Ok.
Jayden Myers
why do you LA niggas pay 7 figures for houses in homeless infested neighborhoods?
Jaxson Powell
Because they are too dumb to move to NorCal
Jaxon Perez
I agreed with you, though, didn't I? I said the Lakers aren't smart enough to be patient and get him cheap.
Mason Cook
If I were the Lakers...Id even convince his stupid ass of my plan.
"Hey Lavar....I mean Lonzo...I really want you but Im going to stack the team...so im going to draft someone else and then try to trade for you"
Boom. Done. Lavar and Lonzo aint going nowhere else while publicly stating they want a trade to the Lakers. Lakers pay a 3rd for him.
Hudson Jackson
Do not want.
Would love to see Danny trade the pick to some shit hole team that promises to draft him. But, he seems like such a cancer maybe letting him go to LA would be better.
Jayden Sanchez
he'll be gone at 3 if the Lakers don't take him at 2
Adrian King
so they can spend 7 figures to live among nerds, fags and Pajeet?
Dominic Jones
He would never go along with that because being drafted later damages lonzos legacy and therefore the brand. You're stupid.
Tyler Reyes
This checks out, except for the fact that Ball loses salary money and image if he drops out of the first round. And if other teams know he's going to demand a trade and they'll get shit value for him, they won't use a high pick on him.
Hudson King
it doesn't check out at fucking all.
It would literally cost him $ his entire career.
Ryan Moore
If he goes to Philly at three, Lavar makes him hold out for a trade.
Nicholas Gray
Did you even read my post? I agree.
Evan Wood
Trade who?
You can't be this stupid. It's impossible.
Zachary Cruz
>Nerds, fags, pajeet Or >Jews, Mexicans, and homeless Besides NorCal isn't just the bay. Why not something comfy like rural Marin or Sonoma counties?
Evan Morris
you think he's gonna strong arm the fucking 76ers?
Those niggas have been going through through process for the last 5 years. Their fans are patient as fuck.
Adam Richardson
>Why not something comfy like rural Marin or Sonoma counties? and make a living doing what exactly?
James Myers
Well what do you do right now?
Nicholas Morales
not something I could do in a rural area.
What do fools even do up there other than make wine and grow weed?
Carson Hall
God I hate Dane cook
Aiden Bailey
lonzo to sixers would be pretty OP senpai
guaranteed six rings if simmons and embiid stay healthy
Easton Stewart
True. Lavar and lonzo getting sucked into the process black hole would be beautiful, I hope it happens.
Sebastian Murphy
Lakers should draft him later. Use the second to take someone else or move down the draft. Lonzo will obviously ask for a trade if he gets picked by any other team. So the lakers have that leverage.
Easton Sanchez
Lots of techies work from home, lots of service industry to support those industries. Lots of equine and cattle, lots of tourism at the wineries etc. Santa Rosa and Vallejo are two bigger cities in the area and you're only an hour from SF. It's the best of both worlds really. You can live away from the cities and their problems but still have access to their goods, services, and careers. Also who doesn't like home grown wine and weed? It's God's country user.
Owen Gonzalez
>six rings 20 games of NBA experience between them
Joshua Watson
>if simmons and embiid stay healthy >if simmons and embiid stay healthy >if simmons and embiid stay healthy >if simmons and embiid stay healthy
Benjamin Powell
again retard, he's not going to be there later.
The Lakers would have ZERO leverage.
Julian Lee
American sports are socialist in nature. That's why it's so funny watching Clapsharts hate socialism while actually loving it
Aaron Williams
How is that not possible?
If the lakers pass on him at 2...I agree...some dumb ass team is going to take him before the 8th pick FOR SURE.
But youve already set him up to throw a temper tantrum for not playing for the Lakers...You go in and fleece the team that drafted him because they know they can't get much for him(again for you simple minded babies, there is no demand and the Lakers have all the leverage here).
Lakers take someone else at 2. Philly takes Ball at 3. Ball holds out, refuses to play and threatens to re-enter draft. Publicly states he will only play for Lakers. Lakers come in and pay nothing for him because Philly needs to recoup the cost, otherwise they lose their draft pick. There is no recompensation if a draftee re-enters the draft as far as I know.
