{"id":713401,"date":"2026-04-18T19:36:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T19:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/713401\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T19:36:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T19:36:50","slug":"lavar-ball-urging-hornets-to-acquire-all-his-sons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/713401\/","title":{"rendered":"LaVar Ball urging Hornets to acquire all his sons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you forgot what LaVar Ball was up to, the famous \u2014 and outspoken \u2014 hoops dad is still around<\/p>\n<p>And he\u2019s still telling NBA teams to sign his sons, all of them, if they want to win.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The elder Ball\u2019s latest salvo came after LaMelo Ball\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/17\/sports\/magic-crush-hornets-in-play-in-to-set-up-date-with-pistons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hornets saw their season end<\/a> in a lopsided play-in loss to the Magic on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LaVar Ball said afterward that in order to have more success next year, they need to add two of his other sons, and maybe fire head coach Charles Lee for not playing LaMelo enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LaVar Ball watches the game from the sidelines during the round three NBL match between Perth Wildcats and Illawarra Hawks at RAC Arena, on October 2, 2025, in Perth, Australia.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want to go to the playoffs, three Balls are better than one,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ItsKingSlime\/status\/2045359704583389376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ball said in a video Friday<\/a> of adding [the Cavaliers\u2019] Lonzo and LiAngelo \u2014 who left basketball in 2025 to focus on his rap career \u2014 to Charlotte\u2019s roster.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m trying to explain to you all [and] I have to keep telling you: if you want to go far, you got to get all the Ball boys. The chemistry and the speed of the game is unmatched.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And he also had some unsolicited advice for Lee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got to be a heck of a coach to coach Melo,\u201d Ball said of his lone NBA son, who was fined after making a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/17\/sports\/lamelo-ball-isnt-dwelling-on-bam-adebayo-incident\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dirty play against Miami\u2019s Bam Adebayo<\/a> in Charlotte\u2019s play-in win over the Heat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a killer,\u201d Ball added of his son. \u201cYou know what you do with a killer? You leave him in until the end. Don\u2019t take him out till them suckers hit zero. And let it be known. He\u2019s still trying to win. He could be down 40 [poonts], down 50, it don\u2019t matter. It takes vision and risk, trust me, to be a champion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LaMelo Ball of the Charlotte Hornets dribbles the ball up the court against the Orlando Magic during the third quarter of a Play-In Tournament game at Kia Center on April 17, 2026 in Orlando, Florida. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Lonzo Ball of the Cleveland Cavaliers warms up before the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center on February 1, 2026 in Portland, Oregon.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Ball didn\u2019t approve of Lee taking out the star, even though the outcome had been decided.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou better believe in your players, man,\u201d Ball said. \u201cThat coach give up a little too early for me. I\u2019m trying to tell you all. Now you got something to talk about. The big baller is trying to give you a recipe on how to be a champion. But if the head folks don\u2019t want to make their move and get all the Ball boys in Charlotte, I\u2019m trying to tell you yes, in the best chemistry playing their speed game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In case you forgot what LaVar Ball was up to, the famous \u2014 and outspoken \u2014 hoops dad&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3777],"tags":[7,684,473,3878,685,966,21752,19585,4442,6,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-713401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charlotte-hornets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-charlotte","10":"tag-charlotte-hornets","11":"tag-charlottehornets","12":"tag-hornets","13":"tag-lamelo-ball","14":"tag-lavar-ball","15":"tag-liangelo-ball","16":"tag-lonzo-ball","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116427400436902595","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}