What Is LaVar Ball?s Beef With Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O?Neal and Stephen A Smith?

LaVar Ball is notorious for bold claims and comments. He came to the spotlight in 2015 when he made some interesting comments about his young sons’ basketball abilities. His statements made headlines and LaVar was an internet sensation overnight. In the months that followed, the former college basketball star made appearances on some very popular shows. Whichever show he appeared in, LaVar further displayed his confident personality. Notably, he claimed that he would comfortably beat Michael Jordan in a one-on-one matchup.

Now, Ball has reiterated his comments during a recent podcast appearance. Furthermore, he also took a swipe at NBA legends like Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and analyst Stephen A. Smith.

LaVar Ball’s claims about Michael Jordan

Millions of fans consider Michael Jordan the GOAT of basketball. Furthermore, he is also considered unbeatable one-on-one. So it is no surprise that no one could fathom someone who did not even start any basketball games in college beating the 6x NBA champion. A lot of fans and analysts thought LaVar Ball was making such comments for “clout”. And if that’s the case, it did bring him massive popularity.

Nonetheless, LaVar always maintained that he firmly believed he could beat Jordan because of his size advantage. On the other hand, he also made good use of the massive spotlight on him. It gave his children much required publicity. Furthermore, it also gave rise to the Big Baller Brand.

However, it was not all sunshine and rainbows. He received major criticism from analysts and some set of fans as well. Notably, LaVar locked horns with stars like Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and Stephen A. Smith.

Beef with Charles Barkley

The beef between Charles Barkley and LaVar Ball started after LaVar’s comments about his oldest son, Lonzo Ball before he entered the league. Notably, LaVar claimed that Lonzo would be better than superstar Stephen Curry. This did not sit well with Barkley who called it “stupidity”. Chuck would even claim that LaVar was taking advantage of his sons to make his own business.

Ever since the Hall of Famer’s remarks, the two have been going at each other. LaVar poked fun at Barkley for not winning a title during his NBA career.

So the Philadelphia 76ers legend talked about LaVar’s 2-point average in college basketball and claimed he would beat him despite his age and weight.

Ball responded by making fun of Barkley’s weight and eating habits. According to a report from Bleacher Report, he said, “I know he don’t want to play one-on-one because he’s too big. He better stay behind that TNT thing … and eat them doughnuts.”

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It is no secret that Shaquille O’Neal is a very close friend of Barkley. So it did not take the Los Angeles Lakers legend much time to jump in either.

Feud with Shaquille O’Neal and Stephen A. Smith

Shaquille O’Neal was not a fan of LaVar Ball’s comments. Things started heating up when the 4x NBA champion also criticized LaVar for the highly-priced products of the Big Baller Brand.

Notably, Shaq canceled his huge contract with Reebok to provide affordable shoes to children. LaVar did not let it slide. When he was asked about it, he claimed that his sons, Lonzo and Lamelo, would dominate Shaq’s sons, Shareef and Shaqir, in a game of two-on-two.

Incredibly, the back-and-forth between the two reached an all-time high when Shaquille O’Neal released a LaVar Ball diss track.

However, O’Neal still gave props to LaVar for how he raised his children in the rap song. Despite this, LaVar came back strong. Ball stated that Shaq used his name for popularity as per Bleacher Report.

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LaVar has multiple times appeared on Stephen A. Smith’s show as well. More often than not, the show would end up as a shouting matchup between the two.

Over the years, both have jawed at each other and it is still continuing. Notably, Smith recently claimed that Lonzo’s injury was so bad that he couldn’t even get up from a sitting position. A few hours later, Lonzo released a video clip of him and accused the analyst of spreading fake news.

LaVar Ball reignites his disputes with stars

LaVar recently made an appearance on Vlad TV where he reignited his beef with Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O?Neal, and Stephen A. Smith.

When he was asked about his comments about beating Jordan one-on-one, LaVar made it clear that he is still confident. He once again claimed MJ was too small to handle him. Then the host asked him about Smith, and LaVar stated that he does not like him.

Furthermore, he also expressed his frustration about the analyst talking negatively about him and his sons.

The host then asked about Barkley’s comments that he does not like LaVar. Ball replied that he does not like him as well. He noted that he Chuck was one of his favorite players until he started “talking foolish”. LaVar also talked about Barkley’s off-the-court struggles during his time in the NBA.

LaVar stated that he denied shaking hands with Barkley because of his comments about him and his children. He was not keen to be friends with Charles behind the scenes after his criticism on TV. He also talked about Shaquille O’Neal’s diss track and his criticism of the Big Baller Brand.

Ball noted that O’Neal is an “employee” and claimed he does not have a brand. When the host noted that Shaq owns a lot of businesses, Ball was not having it. He stated that the Hall of Famer does not own anything and only partners with already established companies.

Similarly, LaVar Ball claimed that Jordan does not own the Air Jordan brand.