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LaVar Ball

American businessman (born 1967)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 18, 2026
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LaVar Christopher Ball is an American businessman who is the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of sports apparel company Big Baller Brand and founder of the now defunct Junior Basketball Association (JBA). He is the father of professional basketball guards Lonzo and LaMelo Ball, the latter active for the Minnesota Timberwolves, while LiAngelo, his second son, is signed with Def Jam as a hip hop recording artist.

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This entry incorporates text from “LaVar Ball” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.