Just when you think that LaVar Ball, father of the Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball, has got enough of the controversy and media attention, he goes on and makes another move. This time, LaVar decided that he will pull out his son LaMelo Ball from Chino Hills High School during his junior year. LaMelo will be homeschooled and trained by his father. Los Angeles Times’ Eric Sondheimer was the first one to broke the news.
Stunning news: LaVar Ball said he is pulling junior LaMelo from Chino Hills and will home-school him the next two years and train him.
— eric sondheimer (@latsondheimer) October 2, 2017
LaVar Ball shared the reasons for his decision while speaking with ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne, saying he doesn’t like the coaching at Chino Hills.
“I’m not dealing with the coach over there,” – Ball said to Shelburne. “I’m not dealing with the administration over there. I don’t want no distractions on Melo. So therefore I’m going to home school him and make him the best basketball player ever. It’s a new coach and I don’t like him one bit. He’s on track for UCLA, but he doesn’t have to be dealing with those knuckleheads. I’m not letting them mess with his head anymore. You can put that on the principal and the coach over there. That coach has his own frame of mind on how he wants to play and who he picks in the team. OK, y’all got all that going on, let’s see how you do without my tutelage. Without me training those players at my house. It seems like anyone who’s training over there that coach don’t want him in the team.“
Being the youngest of the Ball brothers, LaMelo already grabbed the headlines during his high school career by scoring 92 points vs Los Osos. His departure will surely impact the Chino Hills basketball team, who was ranked 4th in the nation. Alongside his brother LiAngelo, LaMelo led Chino Hills to a 30-3 record last season.
