{"id":865184,"date":"2026-10-22T19:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/865184\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T19:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:51:15","slug":"nba-star-lamelo-ball-refuses-to-change-his-own-sons-diapers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/865184\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Star LaMelo Ball refuses to change his own son&#8217;s diapers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LaMelo Ball is never on diaper duty.<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota Timberwolves star \u2014 who shares son LaOne with Ana Montana \u2014 revealed that he does not change his 9-month-old\u2019s diapers.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\">\u201cMy girl do all that. It\u2019s love, for sure,\u201d Ball <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5bgRSvoI5vU&amp;t=144s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">told the hosts of \u201cInside the NBA\u201d<\/a> Wednesday night. <\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\">\u201cShe do all that, you know what I\u2019m saying? We got a good game plan going on,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>LaMelo Ball (seen above on \u201cInside the NBA\u201d) said he doesn\u2019t change his son LaOne\u2019s diapers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy girl do all that. It\u2019s love, for sure,\u201d the NBA star told the hosts of \u201cInside the NBA\u201d Wednesday night. NBA on ESPN\/ youtube<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\">\u201cSo I know what I gotta do to bring to the table. She know what she gotta do to bring to the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ernie Johnson Jr. then told Ball, 25, that he didn\u2019t know \u201cwhat [he was] missing\u201d by not changing his kid\u2019s diaper.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\">\u201cI did it before, you feel me?\u201d the NBA star clarified. <\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\">\u201cI\u2019ve definitely did it before, [but] it\u2019s just not my job. You know what I\u2019m saying? It\u2019s not my job,\u201d he reiterated.<\/p>\n<p>Ball and Montana \u2014 born Analicia Chaves \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/parents\/celebrity-babies-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">welcomed their son<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n<p>Ball (seen above on \u201cInside the NBA\u201d) said his girlfriend, Ana Montana, \u201cknows what she gotta do to bring to the table.\u201d NBA on ESPN\/ youtube<\/p>\n<p>The athlete and Montana (seen above with their son) welcomed LaOne in January. ana montana\/ instagram<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>However, the couple did not announce the child\u2019s birth publicly until May, when they simultaneously launched I Am Fertility, a nonprofit and grant initiative supporting women navigating fertility and IVF journeys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo my little ONE\ud83e\udd0d\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe thank you for choosing me to be your mommy \ud83e\udd79\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe,\u201d the model, 37, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYKlVR7G9kH\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">captioned an Instagram post<\/a> on May 10. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love you more than any word could ever describe! You\u2019re my purpose and you\u2019ve helped me become the woman I was always destined to be! Before I became your mommy, my heart was always looking for you \ud83e\udd79\ud83e\udd70 and we finally found each other in Gods perfect divine timing,\u201d Montana added.<\/p>\n<p>The pair did not publicly announce the child\u2019s birth until May. (Pictured: Ball holding his son.) LaMelo Ball\/ instagram<\/p>\n<p> ana montana\/ instagram<\/p>\n<p>Montana and Ball began dating in 2021. The couple are seen above. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love you so much baby boy! You are living proof that dreams come true \ud83e\udd0d.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ball and Montana first sparked dating rumors in late 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The couple went Instagram official in June 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LaMelo Ball is never on diaper duty. 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