LaVar Ball’s Junior Basketball Association is struggling to fill the seats. In Chicago this week New York beat Dallas, 96-92, and Chicago topped Houston in overtime, 125-117.
According to SB Nation’s Ricky O’Donnell, the number of seats filled at Wintrust Arena hovered around 100. Pretty bad to say the least.
I'm at LaVar Ball's JBA stop in Chicago. He's sitting center court. The refs are wearing Big Baller Brand shirts. The coaches are wearing suits. There might be 100 people here. pic.twitter.com/nIhhFqEwlU
— Ricky O'Donnell (@SBN_Ricky) June 26, 2018
Of course just like the snake-oil salesman Lavar is, he addressed the size of the crowd, and had this to say.
LaVar Ball addressing the crowd at Wintrust.
“I don’t need to fill the gym up with a bunch of phonies. I have to fill the gym with the real folks that are out here.” pic.twitter.com/JzPpelkl84
— Michael O'Brien (@michaelsobrien) June 27, 2018
I’m pretty sure everyone who dislikes LaVar is super happy his league is struggling. That’s what he gets for being a jerk, I wonder if he ever thought he would actually need the public to buy in. We know the media did, but not so sure people want to help a guy like Lavar be successful. He also is charging north of 40 dollars per ticket, that certainly can’t help.
