Lavar Ball's Biggest Scam: What Happened to the JBA?
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- Lavar Ball's Biggest Scam: What Happened to the JBA?
Remember when Lavar Ball announced this league? It was a big deal, right? I mean, the man is known for his bold moves, and this was no exception. He wanted to take on the status quo of college basketball and give young players a chance to showcase their skills without the restrictions of the NCAA.
From the moment the Junior Basketball Association (JBA) was formed, the reason behind its formation was as clear as crystal. It all started when LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball's trip to Lithuania didn't go as planned, and their father decided to create a league for young players like his sons.
In the summer of 2018, the JBA was making headlines as a pro league alternative to college basketball. They were holding their first-ever playoffs but what really had everyone talking was the drama surrounding Alan Foster, the Ball family's former business partner. He was dodging questions left and right from the league's unhappy players.
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I think the jba existed to get the ball brothers into the NBA. Once that task was completed the league itself had no further reason to keep going.
It worked
@@LJ-hn6ozExcept LiAngelo “Cooper Manning” Ball😭
Absolutely and he was wrong..
@@BD-1-And-Only he technically made the hornets team
If you think LaMelo got drafted because he played in his daddy’s league then you clearly don’t know how the NBA works.
Lavar literally ruined dozens of kids lives all to put on a dog and pony show for his two sons.
This is a poor take. Thousands of Kids make Millions in NIL thanks to Lavar Ball.
@@marshinz5696 CRINGE FAnboy
@@marshinz5696 non of those kids benefited! Just awful what he did. Some of those kids could have gone on to college and played..
There are literally dozens of us!!!
@@frankbrown7121 most of them came from college and were not very productive at low levels.
Lavar's fatal mistake was not considering that whatever the JBA could do, the NCAA and NBA G League could EASILY do better -- and did
It wasn't a fatal mistake. Something had to be done, if anything he's helped a lot of kids get paid.
It forces the ncaa to pay their athletes sounds like a win
Jba made ncaa pay athletes
No he actually got college players PAID
Thts exactly whe people should thank the JBA they didn’t want to pay these young kids and were making millions off them
Warned people about Lavar when all this foolishness was going on...but everyone claim "I was a hater" and/or "I don't support a black man being a real father" nonsense...
Like no that is NOT how you do business; his sons are not good basketball players; that JBL would last one year and when his sons quit the JBL would quit; and him and his sons was no where the level of Michael Jordan or Steph Curry let alone better than them
People was in their feelings...years later Truth still undefeated
Agreed until you said his sons aren't good basketball players. To get 3 sons in the league is one hell of an accomplishment. Father wise, he is amazing
@@veezythebot6195Only two ever made the NBA.
@albertmendez2262 Liangelo technically didn't? But he the closest you can get, 2/3 still is amazing though.
People are delusional
Lamelo ball is not going to last
I feel bad for the players who believe In this “league”. Seems like no one who worked there cared about them.
Soemone who believed the Ball family is insans
It’s hard for me to because it was obviously so dumb lol
The JBA was Alan Foster's idea and he wanted to make it a business independent of the Ball boys, but Lavar did not want to invest any more money in paying players once his sons were done with the league. Lavar was focused on short money and this tanked the league.
Lavar Ball benefited no one but him and his sons! So to hear people talk about him like he revolutionized something is ridiculous.. He didn’t have the financial resources to challenge no shoe company or no other basketball league. If so both would haven’t failed after one year..He talked a good game to promote his sons and I get that since he had 2 to make it to the NBA and that was impressive! But outside of that Lavar did nothing…
In short this was all a pathway so that Lavar's sons could become successful. He did not care about any of the other players in the league
The word “fraud” in the dictionary has a picture of LaVarBall under it….
yuuuuup
No DONALD J TRUMP. Lavar had good ideas but didn't have proper infrastructure to have his vision come to proper completion.
Is he smiling in his photo next to FRAUD in the dictionary 🤔🤨
Common sense could see Lavar as a traveling oil snake salesman like in the decades past.
Swish County just fired shots. 👀
My take is the JBA is why G Leaguers and College Athletes make more money now. You can call it a scam if you want. Hey, negativity sells so have at it.
How? Please explain.. He didn’t have the financial means to compete with either..
It’s either LaVar Ball is a con-man or in-over-his-head, either way, he’s one of the reasons I think all three of the Ball Bros. are completely overrated
great video brother
much love bob
So sad that his dad destroyed his sons career with nonsense. Thats one greedy dad right there.
Call me a hater but lavar only used those players as a stepping stone for his son's the JBA was never planned beyond 1 year
BRO this ain’t your video legit stolen
This league was a great idea, just executed poorly
Do a follow up video on foster & lonzo
Why is the background music so loud guy?
Lavar is gonna ruin his sons lives just for money.
Are u hoop reports
“Half Empty” is quite generous.
like how u gonna steal a smaller creators video but get less views. IM SLEEP
link the original
@@BlackinVegas ua-cam.com/video/2853Ni6KFcs/v-deo.html&ab_channel=SwishCounty
Literally a snake oil peddler
Better off going JUCO than JBA.😂 Where's all the lawsuits against LaVarr?
Lavar is a HUGE reason that college players can make money. He scared them into it
not even remotely close to being true
Huh? No way you can make that make sense… no one was worried about Lavar!
Music too loud bro!!
How does the Overtime league compare to the JBA?
Imagine having the clout and money to start YOUR OWN LEAGUE and be taken seriously and then just piss it all away because you're already rich and you never really cared enough to just do a good job. For example: If the stands are half empty at $40 then you should be able to fill them at $15. I would have made them $5 for kids under 12, so entire families can come out and watch the show for a fraction of what it would cost for a movie night.
reducing ticket prices makes too much sense, the best they can do is take a dollar off the 8 dollar slice of pizza
They black baked this man like they're doing ice cube with the big 3 is hard to get fans with little exposure
Who would take a job for $750 a week?
Ain't no way in HELL
That's more than what half of American workers make. (33K/year is median US salary).
@@waltlock8805 I'm 48. I get it, it's different levels. But ANYTHING UNDER $1,000/WEEK BARE MINIMUM?... Ain't no way in hell, bruh.
Lavar meant well, but relying on Alan Foster left everything doomed from the start. I feel for the players, but researching the background of many of the players, most were marginal players at lower levels who weren’t very productive at the schools they played. Of course their were a few exceptions. But it was by far a league of low major D1 and lower level talent. I believe most of the players have a disdain for Foster and have no issue with Ball
Was if Foster setting the $500 price point? The BBB was a great idea but LaVar had no idea what he was doing
its a way it helped pave thw way of the gleague ignite and other prgams no?
His teeth clearly supports The Lakers
Alot of the kids went overseas so it wasnt a complete fail
Lavar worst decision. He forgot to have his sons do leg days.
@sleeks9939 have you even played basketball? try doing a heavy leg day then play competitive basketball the day after
@@mamster233 i used to work hard on my legs then the next day ill work on my free throws and shooting. During offseason is where you work on all your weaknesses. Not during competitive season!
Lavar is just trying to chew more then he can Swallow
Surprised they didn't violate any RICO statutes, sounds like the Trump U. of basketball! 😞
Jba = Nba Elite (Live)
I feel like the idea of the JBA could be super successful as we all know the dated policies of the NCAA, but it would need different people running the show 😂
It was a great idea. If Alan foster wasn’t involved it may still be around today. Possibly the NBA G league copied they’re plan?
Copied whose plan? The NCAA changes that led to players getting paid was being talked about years before anyone knew who LaVar was and none them JBA players was being seriously pursued by the NBA nobody copied LaVar
Snake oil
At least he tried people are always hating God bless him and his family!
This dude was a grifter
Screwed them kids over
u stole this shit im ngl
Lavar might “ruin” his own kids lives for money, but they’d be nothing without him.
Of course, it's not like they are naturally gifted, talented and have worked hard for years on end.
@@egglordsasuke8532 He provided the kids an environment to thrive ... they would be nothing without his dad, let's be real.
@@RunForPeace-hk1cujust the overglorified hypeman
Triple B's!!!!!
hate all you want JBA caused changes to the g league
They show the G League what not to do to succeed
@@pebbleman721 kids can go straight from HS to g league now, that's the major change.... School is not for everyone
Didnt his son destroy his feet wearing his lousy brand of expensive shoes?
Yes
And needed up his knee by overtraining him when he was young. Lonzo is the new Grant Hill and his career is virtually over.
It definitely wasn’t a scam