LaVar Ball Gifted His Longtime Handyman A Job And A Brand New Truck


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LaVar Ball makes headlines on a regular basis due to things he says, but, for once, his actions spoke louder than his words with a gesture he made to his longtime handyman Felipe.

Ball took Felipe and his family to a local car dealership in order to give him a brand new 2017 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck, because his current vehicle was having transmission issues that was making it difficult to get to jobs. Ball told ESPN’s Myron Medcalf he just wanted to do something nice for someone he’s known has been working hard for a long time and struggling a bit recently.

“It’s just something I did for him,” Ball told ESPN.com. “He’s been working a long time trying to make ends meet. That car ain’t gonna get him from place to place. Now he has a car that can get him from Point A to Point B.”

Michael Henry, the car salesman that sold the car, posted a video of the moment Felipe received the car and a message on Facebook detailing Ball’s good deed.

“Lavar Ball gets a lot of negative press for the brash and sometimes downright crazy things he says and does,” Henry wrote. “I had the pleasure of selling him a truck that he bought for his long time handyman Felipe [whose] truck went out of commission days before. He and his family were asked to come to Carmax to come see his wife Tina. To their surprise, a 2017 Toyota Tundra was waiting for them and the moment was priceless. You will definitely see Lavar Ball in a different light after watching this video.”

The car wasn’t the only thing Ball gave, as he also made Felipe the property manager for Big Baller Brand, ensuring he has a steady job and consistent income. It’s certainly a look at a different side of LaVar Ball that isn’t the man constantly trying to bring his son and his family to the forefront of the NBA world by making outrageous, controversial, and, at times, offensive statements.

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