LaVar Ball in first comments since foot amputation: ‘If I wanted to, I’d grow it back’

Lovers broke the silence following amputation of the leg in a way only he could.

The fathers of NBA fathers Lonzo and Lamelo Ball made claims on the brand, similar to the confident predictions he made about his son in a Tiktok video posted by user Primby.

“For everyone who asks how I feel – I may not have a leg anymore, but you know what I got now? The ball said In one video. “Y’all had forgotten about Lavar? If I wanted, I’ll grow it!”

“Everyone asked what happened,” Ball Added to another Tiktok video. “And you can step into my foot, but do you know what you can’t take? That Primbe account!”

In both videos, Ball also recited the line from his son LeAngelo Ball’s hit song “Tweaker.” He appears to be one of many contributors to the Primby account.

Ball was undertaken to remove his right foot early in February as he dealt with a “serious” medical issue. TMZ was reported on February 19th. It has not been revealed yet what the medical problem is.

However, in the photo that appeared in the ball photographs shortly after the surgery, he seemed to be in good spirits. He sat in a wheelchair, engulfing the bottom of his right foot and laughing.

When the Charlotte Hornets were in Los Angeles to play against the Lakers last week, LaMelo Ball shared on social media that he visited his father after his surgery.

“I saw my Dawg B4 Da game,” Ball wrote in a photo of his father on his Instagram story. “It was just right. I love you popping 5L.”

Lavar Ball is a Los Angeles area multi-sportsstar athlete who played basketball and soccer in high school. He played college basketball at West Los Angeles University, Washington and Los Angeles, California. He was later a tight end at Long Beach City College, where he spent time on the practice squad for the New York Jets and Carolina Panthers in the mid-1990s.

Ball became a prominent figure when his eldest son Lonzo emerged as a top draft prospect at UCLA during the 2016-17 season. He made bold claims about both his and his son’s athleticism that year, but wanted the Lakers to draft Lonzo. The Lakers were to select the ball on the second overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, but they traded him two years later.

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