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Not even LaVar Ball's own son thinks he can take Michael Jordan in 1-on-1

LaMelo Ball was drafted third overall by the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday, and it didn’t take long for people to start remembering what the point guard’s father said about the team’s owner just a few years ago.

“Back in my heyday, I would kill Michael Jordan one-on-one,” LaVar Ball said in 2017, when LaMelo was a high school sophomore and his older brother Lonzo was starring at UCLA.

At the time, that boast triggered much internet mockery, talk-show opinions and investigations into Ball’s basketball career. It also drew a shot back from Jordan himself, who said — correctly, in all likelihood — he didn’t think Ball could beat him if he were one-legged.