“I hope Lonzo Ball gets traded”: LaVar Ball is fed up with Stan van Gundy running a slow offense for the Pelicans with Lonzo on the team

Tonoy Sengupta | 19/03/2021
"I hope Lonzo Ball gets traded": LaVar Ball is fed up with Stan van Gundy running a slow offense for the Pelicans with Lonzo on the team

LaVar Ball makes shocking admission about Lonzo Ball’s feelings about playing with the New Orleans Pelicans among trade rumors.

Despite a rough start to the season, Lonzo Ball’s recent performances have quite simply been incredible. The player is shooting confidently from deep consistently and keeps punishing teams that go under screens against him.

Despite his recent success though, many aren’t sure what the New Orleans Pelicans want. With teams like the Golden State Warriors, LA Clippers, and Chicago Bulls in the market for the player, there could be some profitable returns on the player for the franchise.

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And as always LaVar Ball has offered his two cents on the matter as well. But with his opinion, also comes a huge revelation about Lonzo Ball’s thoughts on the matter.

“He can’t stand New Orleans”: LaVar Ball exclaims that Lonzo Ball wants out of the Pelicans

LaVar Ball making outrageous claims and being needlessly loud is no new phenomenon. He has been doing this for the longest time. In fact, it was due to this tendency of his that Lonzo Ball had a massive target on his back when he first came into the league.

And after his small hiatus, it seems the Big Baller is back at it again. In a recent interview with ESPN, LaVar Ball spoke on the potential trade situation.

“I don’t know what they’re going to do, but I hope he gets traded. I don’t like watching him play the way he plays…He can’t stand New Orleans, come on man.”

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LaVar Ball here was referring to the slow pace of the New Orleans Pelicans offense. After being taught to play fast and look up constantly growing up, it’s a testament to Lonzo Ball’s work ethic that he fits the system so well now.

Lonzo Ball is one of the top candidates to win the Most Improved Player award this season. But in terms of when he will be by that time, only time will tell.

 

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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