Less than 24 hours after LiAngelo Ball was waived by the Detroit Pistons, LaVar Ball sounded off on the organization. In a Bleacher Report Q&A with fans on the site’s mobile app, LaVar was asked about his thoughts on LiAngelo being waived. LaVar kept it cordial with the Detroit fans while going in on the Pistons organization.
The people in Detroit are great. I love the fans, but the franchise over there is raggedy as hell. They don’t know a good player. I was giving them a lottery pick for free! (LiAngelo) has the skills to play and the notoriety to bring everybody to the game. How do you throw that out hte window? They’re gonna learn the hard way. My boys are gonna end up together playing somewhere. Gelo can shoot the lights out. That was raggedy what they ddi. But hey, they’re gonna learn the hard way.
LiAngelo being waived was a move that should have come with little surprise. His Exhibit 10 contract served as little more than a training camp invite with an added financial incentive to sign with the Pistons’ G League franchise.
That doesn’t make LaVar’s comments any the less surprising. Ever the fan of burning bridges on his way out, LaVar has lashed out at teams that have released or traded his sons in the past, though not always with great success.
