Just in time for the holidays, LaVar Ball has been good enough to advise us on one way to obtain a pair of his company’s odd $495 sneakers. But according to the family patriarch, a man whose publicity-seeking craziness has been excused because he is a good father, theft isn’t that big of a deal. When LaVar Ball said nobody got hurt, he meant LaVar Ball didn’t get hurt. LaVar Ball once seemed like a genius salesman worthy of examination, but in recent months the curtain has been drawn to reveal a shallow and shameless huckster. When LaVar Ball started his sports apparel company on the backs of his three boys, he was applauded for his courage and innovation.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 22, 2017 05:03 UTC