While LaVar Ball has never shied away from outlandish statements, one of the things he hasn’t done much of is campaign for a job as an NBA head coach. Ball memorably served as the AAU coach for his sons, which was detailed in early seasons of the family’s Facebook series “Ball in the Family.”
But Ball’s coaching stopped there and save for a few brief outbursts, he hasn’t often put his name in the mix as a coach. But a man with a similarly wild streak did the bidding for him. In a recent roundtable conversation with TMZ, former Laker Metta World Peace made the case for Ball as an NBA head coach.
“I was actually pushing for you to be a head coach. When you run a business…you have a good team. I feel like your energy would have rubbed off on everyone. You just have somebody do the defense, have a couple assistants, boom. I thought you would have been a great head coach. I would want to see that someday, actually.”
Ball, who was beaming from ear to ear as World Peace talked, stated he would be the first coach to press during NBA games.
Ignoring the factuality of Ball’s statement, or basically any part of World Peace’s comments, Ball’s philosophy has always been the same as a coach. He believes in outscoring other teams, defense be damned. He’ll press teams while gambling for turnovers and to up the pace but won’t have any other plans defensively.
Essentially, none of this would work in the NBA. Ball may have the energy to be the coach, but he doesn’t have literally any other requirement. It’s a silly premise.
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