Zion Williamson is all of 6-foot-6 and weighing close to 300 lbs, yet LaVar Ball thinks he is way too small.
In an appearance on the Pardon My Take podcast, the CEO of Big Baller Brand was asked if he could defeat the New Orleans Pelicans rookie in a game of one-on-one.
“Stop it! I’d murder that boy. He too small, he too slow. I’m way too fast for that boy, he a youngster, man. My prime time, I would kill him. I was just too strong and too fast.”
He was then asked if could have Williamson during his time in Washington State.
“Well definitely,” Ball said. “If I had a different coach he’d be struggling against me. But with Kelvin Sampson? Oh, he would kill us.”
He then went on to blast his former head coach.
“Former coach fired? He should have been fired. After you don’t let the Big Baller play for a season? That’s when they had their worst season when I averaged 2.2 points. I only played 2.2 seconds. If I played longer, they would have been winners. But that’s on the fact that he wanted to show how tough he is and not play a stallion. You have to let a stallion loose. And that’s why their record was terrible.”
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Once he got done ranting about Zion and his former coach, he spent some time speaking on his son, Lonzo Ball.
“He has a coach that believes in him,” LaVar said. “You’re always under the bright lights. You’re a professional. If you scared of playing in front of bright lights, you can’t play anyway.
So the only thing that’s changed and why Lonzo’s doing so good now…is coaching. Because he’s still under bright lights and I’m still his father. The only thing that’s changed is the coach.”
