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Jazz notes: LaVar Ball has a fan in Utah — Rudy Gobert

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SALT LAKE CITY — While trying to bring notoriety to his sons — not to mention his shoe company — LaVar Ball has made quite the name for himself this year.

Ball, whose son Lonzo was the second pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, once told the USA Today: “Back in my heyday, I would kill Michael Jordan one-on-one.” (He only averaged 2.2 points a game when he played for Washington State, by the way.)

Ball drew more criticism when he told a Fox Sports female show co-host (Kristine Leahy of The Herd with Colin Cowherd): “Stay in your lane.