We all know that LaVar Ball wasn’t a great basketball player back in his days despite all the claims he could beat Michael Jordan in a game of one-on-one, but the same can't be said for his sons.

That is why it’s not a stretch to assume that LaVar has received many illegal offers from crooked individuals in exchange for school and product endorsement commitments.

LaVar was asked about this during an appearance on CBS Sports Flagrant Two podcast. It’s a timely topic with another corruption scandal currently rocking college basketball that has already resulted in the arrests of assistant coaches and the firing of Louisville head coach Rick Pitino.

Every summer. They keep coming every summer to get me to say ‘yes.' They offered you money, they offered to take care of the AAU team, they're gonna give everybody uniforms, everybody shoes. I mean, it's just, any kind of way.

 

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Straight from the horse’s mouth, we now know for certain that LaVar had seen the dirty side of college basketball recruitment himself.

Before being drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers this year, Lonzo Ball was one of the most sought-after high school players, although his ESPN profile shows just two college offers (UCLA and New Mexico State).

Ball was ranked fourth last year by ESPN 100, while LaMelo is ranked seventh overall among talents eligible to enter college in 2019. LaMelo has chosen to follow in the footsteps of Lonzo by committing to play college ball at UCLA.