11/19/17: The president decides to pick a Twitter fight with LaVar Ball, perhaps the only man in America who might qualify as a bigger ass than Trump.
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“I should have left them in jail.”
President Trump
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Ball is father of NBA rookie guard Lonzo Ball and UCLA freshman basketball star LiAngelo Ball. Dad is also the man who averaged something like two points during his college career. Still, back in March, as Lonzo prepared for the NBA draft, dad grabbed all the spotlight he could. “Back in my heyday, I would kill Michael Jordan one-on-one,” he said during an interview.
A shameless self-promoter (like Trump) Papa Ball made it clear he had big plans to sell a Ball-brand line of basketball shoes, Big Baller. The ZO2 model, a low-top, was a bargain at $495. For the true fan you wanted to consider the autographed-by-Lonzo-in-gold version. They could be yours for $995.
Naturally, Papa Ball loves to tweet. So, tweet he does: “If you can’t afford the ZO2s, you’re NOT a BIG BALLER!”
(He even uses CAPS like TRUMP.)
Now LiAngelo is in the news, one of three UCLA players arrested for shoplifting during a team trip to China. The president says he made a quick call and convinced the Chinese to release the young men without trial.
In a contest of giant egos and petty personalities, it was hard to predict who might sink to the lowest low. On Twitter, Trump made it clear he expected the young players to thank him. They did.
Then Papa Ball downplayed the president’s role.
By now we all know Trump can’t let a slight go. His response
shows how vindictive he would be if he dared. “LaVar Ball, the father of
LiAngelo, is unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is a
big deal,” Trump tweeted. Then the petty climax of his case: “I
should have left them in jail.”
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