LaVar Ball — father of basketball stars Lonzo, LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball — is recovering after present process a foot amputation, as first reported by TMZ.
The 57-year-old reportedly had his proper foot amputated after struggling a “critical” medical challenge. He has been doing nicely bodily following the process and is in “nice spirits,” per the outlet. No different particulars of his situation have been revealed.
The Ball household patriarch was later photographed within the hospital smiling in a wheelchair along with his proper leg lined in bandages following the reported foot amputation.
Moreover, LaMelo shared a photograph on his Instagram Tales on Feb. 20 of his father utilizing a scooter to get round amid his restoration.
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LaVar rose to fame for his headline-grabbing feedback about his dream to have sons who had been all basketball superstars. He has been unapologetic and outspoken about this imaginative and prescient for his household since his sons started to generate buzz on the basketball court docket in 2015.
“Converse it into existence,” LaVar instructed ESPN the Magazine in 2017 about his hoop goals. “Preserve speaking about it till it occurs.”
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Lonzo, his eldest son, performed basketball on the College of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and was drafted to the NBA in 2017 after only one season in school. He’s at the moment some extent guard for the Chicago Payments. LiAngelo, who’s a 12 months youthful than Lonzo, signed to play in Mexico’s skilled league for the Astros De Jalisco in 2024. He has since transitioned to pursue a profession within the music trade.
Their youngest brother, LaMelo, rounded out the gifted trio and was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets in 2020.
