Philadelphia • LaVar Ball was holding court outside the Lakers locker room when he spotted two of his sons goofing around with the 7-footer in the white sweatshirt.
Ball, the preposterous patriarch of LA basketball's foolhardy family, had just dissed the President in their ongoing Twitter feud. But in the presence of the player nicknamed "The Process," even Ball knew it was wise to play nice with Joel Embiid.
Ball placed his hand on Embiid's shoulder and offered a bit of fatherly advice: "Here's the smart thing. Don't worry about nobody on the outside. You just keep playing and doing your thing.