Kevin Durant Thinks LaVar Ball Yelling At LaMelo Is Simply Teaching His Kids Passion


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Ever since the Golden State Warriors won an NBA championship earlier this summer, Kevin Durant has reminded everyone that he’s one of the NBA’s most engaging personalities on Twitter. Whether he’s been talking to trolls or, uh, talking to more trolls, Durant has spent a lot of time on Twitter just chatting about basketball.

Durant’s latest Twitter musings came after ESPN basketball analyst Jay Williams tweeted out a video criticizing LaVar Ball for forfeiting an AAU game because “raggedy-ass refs” were “cheating.” Sure, Ball could have handled that situation better, but Durant doesn’t think that forfeiting was as bad as Williams believes.


Durant also decided to praise LaVar for the way he “coached up” his son, LaMelo, after their AAU team lost a different game. The video Durant is referencing showed LaVar really going at his entire team, but singling out LaMelo after a game where he dropped 50.

While basically everything about Ball is unconventional, the one thing you can never say is that he doesn’t genuinely care about the way his sons play on the basketball court. While he is their biggest cheerleader — sometimes to a fault — he’s willing to ride Lonzo, LiAngelo, and LaMelo when he thinks it’ll make them better basketball players. Apparently, Durant agrees and is willing to go to bat for the biggest baller in America.

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