The son of former NBA player and now Los Angeles Lakers assistant Jason Kidd had some bark for mouthpiece LaVar Ball after the father of Lonzo Ball argued he's “hungrier” than Kidd was.

“Everybody would like to compare that to him,” LaVar told Brandon Robinson of Heavy.com in a phone in an interview on Thursday afternoon.

“I mean, Jason Kidd passes the ball, light-skinned, big guard…he has to get it from somebody, he’s more athletic than that. He shoots better than that. He’s hungrier than him. I’m trying to see where the comparison is. But you know to make a story, that’s what the media do – ‘Oh he’s like this guy, he’s like that guy’…No, like I said my boy is a new breed.”

LaVar has always resorted to debating comparisons with more established NBA stars by turning them into self-aggrandizing projects, whether that is for himself or for his kids.

T.J. Kidd didn't take to that kindly, ensuring to list the cornucopia of accolades his father has to his name.

“He’s building his sons up for success. I respect that,” said T.J. “I think that Lonzo is a great basketball player with a high basketball IQ and I hope he has a great career. For him to say that my dad wasn’t “hungry” when he played just isn’t true.

“You look at what he did in Jersey and took them two straight NBA Finals against the Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal Lakers and then the next year vs. David Robinson/Tim Duncan Spurs. Two gold medals. NBA champion with the Mavs in 2011. The body of work is there. He’s also Top 10 all-time in 3-pointers made.”

T.J. Kidd tried to let LaVar off kindly with a bit of compliments at the end:

“I’m sure both at their absolute best would be a very fun one on one game to watch. At the end of the day he will have his bias and I’ll have mine. The one thing I’ll absolutely give Lonzo the edge over my dad is Lonzo’s music is much better.”

LaVar has made a career in addressing comparisons to other NBA pros, whether it was to LeBron James and Stephen Curry prior to getting drafted in 2017 or getting compared to others in his draft class in Markelle Fultz and Jayson Tatum.

The fact of the matter is, Kidd is a Hall of Famer that has won an NBA championship and put himself among the best to play the position. Lonzo is a third-year guard who has yet to make the playoffs or shoot above 50% from the foul line for his career. The comparisons truly should start and there just there.