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UCLA Commit Scores 92 in HS Game
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<blockquote data-quote="GTpdm" data-source="post: 325057" data-attributes="member: 1451"><p>On the contrary...he's made <u>himself</u> the hottest news in basketball; his kids? Not so much. Case in point: the other day, I was talking to my wife—who follows both sports and general internet news <em>far</em> more thoroughly than I do—and I mentioned both Lonzo and Lamelo Ball. She was at a loss to understand who I was talking about, saying that the only "Ball" she had heard of in the news was that "Lavar Ball guy". If <em>she</em> hadn't heard of the sons at all, then its a pretty safe bet that they are <u>way</u> below the radar of mainstream news coverage.</p><p></p><p>Lavar is not using the attention on himself to promote the basketball abilities (or lack thereof) of his kids. Quite the contrary: he started by exploiting the basketball abilities (olt) of his kids to leverage more attention for himself, and has graduated to simply exploiting the media attention on himself to leverage more attention for himself. The kids are no longer even part of the equation. (How long, do you think, until Lavar starts referring to Lavar in the third person?)</p><p></p><p>I'm with Peacone on this (although calling Lavar a POS is an insult to <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite31" alt=":poop:" title="Poop :poop:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":poop:" /> everywhere).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTpdm, post: 325057, member: 1451"] On the contrary...he's made [U]himself[/U] the hottest news in basketball; his kids? Not so much. Case in point: the other day, I was talking to my wife—who follows both sports and general internet news [I]far[/I] more thoroughly than I do—and I mentioned both Lonzo and Lamelo Ball. She was at a loss to understand who I was talking about, saying that the only "Ball" she had heard of in the news was that "Lavar Ball guy". If [I]she[/I] hadn't heard of the sons at all, then its a pretty safe bet that they are [U]way[/U] below the radar of mainstream news coverage. Lavar is not using the attention on himself to promote the basketball abilities (or lack thereof) of his kids. Quite the contrary: he started by exploiting the basketball abilities (olt) of his kids to leverage more attention for himself, and has graduated to simply exploiting the media attention on himself to leverage more attention for himself. The kids are no longer even part of the equation. (How long, do you think, until Lavar starts referring to Lavar in the third person?) I'm with Peacone on this (although calling Lavar a POS is an insult to :poop: everywhere). [/QUOTE]
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