It looks like the rumors of the Ball family considering folding the Big Baller Brand have some legs, as Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball's manager has been seen dumping a pair of Big Baller Brand sneakers down a garbage chute:

This is one heck of a development, as Lonzo has already announced that he is done with the brand.

When the Lakers took Ball with the second overall pick of the 2017 NBA Draft, it was supposed to be the beginning of a media empire for the Ball family, but instead, it has been an unmitigated disaster.

While LaVar Ball's bravado was funny and entertaining for a while, it has since worn thin, especially taking into account the fact that Lonzo has not exactly produced like many expected over the course of his first two seasons in the league.

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Heck, he hasn't even played all that much, as injuries have limited him to just 92 games through his first two years.

In 47 games before succumbing to a season-ending ankle injury this year, Ball averaged 9.9 points, 5.4 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 1.5 steals over 30.3 minutes per game while shooting 40.6 percent from the floor, 32.9 percent from three-point range and an abysmal 41.7 percent from the free-throw line.

Ball, who played his collegiate basketball at UCLA, was compared to Jason Kidd by some when he entered the NBA, and while he has shown some flashes of potential, he has a lot of work to do to even begin to justify his draft position.

Before being knocked out of his rookie campaign due to a knee issue that would later require surgery, the 21-year-old registered 10.2 points, 7.2 assists, 6.9 boards and 1.7 steals across 34.2 minutes a night while making 36 percent of his shots, 30.5 percent of his treys and 45.1 percent of his free throws.