LaVar Ball defends son LaMelo after Bam Adebayo tripping incident, rips Erik Spoelstra: 'We ain't getting stepped on'
A rarely shy LaVar Ball held nothing back after his son was criticized for supposedly tripping Bam Adebayo in the Play-In Tournament.
LaVar Ball defends son LaMelo after Bam Adebayo tripping incident, rips Erik Spoelstra: 'We ain't getting stepped on' originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Charlotte Hornets ' biggest win in several years was an absolute thriller, but it didn't come without controversy.
The Miami Heat played most of the game without big man Bam Adebayo after he took a hard fall on the baseline and suffered a back injury early in the second quarter. Replay showed Hornets guard LaMelo Ball take a swipe at Adebayo's ankle, seemingly knocking him to the floor. Ball wasn't called for a foul, but the NBA upgraded the incident to a flagrant foul on Wednesday and issued a fine, declining to suspend the former No.
3 pick for the Hornets' win-or-go-home game against the Orlando Magic on Friday. On Wednesday, Ball's outspoken father took shots at some of his son's critics, including Heat coach Erik Spoelstra. Here's what LaVar Ball had to say in a fiery rant in defense of his son.
MORE: Why wasn't LaMelo Ball suspended? LaVar Ball calls out Erik Spoelstra Lamelo Ball's father, LaVar, hit back at his son's critics in a video recorded on the set of his "Big Baller Podcast. " LaVar defended his son's actions, arguing there was no way LaMelo could have taken Adebayo down with one swipe at the ankle.