Seconds after the trade deadline, Ball took to Instagram to post a hilarious video with the song "Bad Boys For Life" by P. Diddy.
Ball, Kyle Kuzma and Brandon Ingram were mentioned in trade talks for Davis but ended up staying. Now, the Lakers are stuck with all the guys LeBron James and superagent Rich Paul attempted to get traded away, behind their backs, and it's made the situation quite awkward, especially coming on the heel of an embarrassing 42-point loss to the Pacers. When host Shannon Sharpe pointed out the Lakers are heavily reliant on LeBron, Ball disagreed. Lonzo has missed the Lakers' last seven games with an ankle injury and was originally expected to return within four to six weeks. So, Ball isn't just excited about getting through this week.
"Whoever plays with my son is going to go up", he explained. Los Angeles is 3-4 over the period, which LaVar suggested was proof the Lakers' young core wasn't as good without his son.
Later on, Bayless asked him to clarify his previous statement about Lonzo's significance to the Lakers, to which he replied emphatically "LeBron James without Lonzo is not going to win a championship in LA, I guarantee that".