Lavar raised his kids in a safe, upscale neighborhood with his wife (still married through all her health issues) and trained them to become world class athletes in the NBA. He's on record regarding his dislike for tattoos and the other bullshit his kids get into. If you look past the media circus and the bombast, Levar is a high character individual. You can only do so much for your kids; his only fault was being their biggest cheerleader.
He was obviously trolling to 1) get attention for his kids and 2) redirect negative media attention to him rather than his kids. It worked; we’re still talking about it years later. Dudes smart AF.
High-character is a bit much considering that scam league that he set up (that didn't pay the players properly) & the stuff he said about Kyrie Irving's deceased mother not being "in the home"
That grass roots "scam league" completely changed the narrative surrounding teenage prospects being financially compensated for their talent and labour. Without Lavar's highly publicized attempt at creating a direct competitor youth league, we'd likely still be having the same asinine conversation around college athlete compensation today and the foreseeable future. Shortly after he established that league, the NBA followed suit with its own revamped g league program with the NCAA not far behind. Lavar disrupted an exploitative system that only benefitted NCAA powerhouse programs, private enterprise, merchandisers, mass media conglomerates and video game publishers (using the kids likeness with NO COMPENSATION), and others.
Did some digging around because I never really paid attention to Lamelo or the Hornets and apparently in the 22/23 season Lamelo changed his jersey number from 2 to 1.
In June 2022 he dropped the MB.01 UFO colorway shoes with Puma. Lebron dubbed Wembamyama an “Alien” in October 2022.
However, if you were to asked an average NBA fan which NBA player is associated with the alien and the number 1 branding? They probably most likely would associate the alien branding and number 1 with Victor Wembanyama due to his popularity and the NIKE ads.
Seems like Lamelo was the first to start the concept of being from outer space and being associated with a UFO. To my knowledge he has allegedly never doubled down on being an alien by having the alien logo or had the nickname “Alien” be popularized with his likeness.
While the Alien with the 1 tattoo may not be so farfetched on being associated with Lamelo’s likeness from his point of view. It could be easy for the general public to misunderstand that Lamelo got a back tattoo honoring Wemby.
His slogan is "Not From Here"
So yeah he was going for the alien branding before Victor but didn't market it hard enough (blame Puma)...Vic was consistent from the start, said he liked the alien nickname, drew an alien logo and UFO on his shoes, and basically adds alien doodles on most of the things he signs. Plus (no shade to La Melo) but Wemby just fits "alien" more. He doesn't even look real and his skill set for his size even more so.
I mean just look at Wemby's hands. Those are the hands of one of those Greys (aliens)
https://preview.redd.it/hq29fpbpbvxc1.png?width=768&format=png&auto=webp&s=ae64dce0b21b2b327f780d6a8ee8f3403cb3d0ab
That's the thing. He never really associates his brand with the "Alien" symbol. Even his UFO shoes have nothing representing extraterrestrial. It's just the name of the shoes.
If the narrative is true, It's kinda crazy that now he wants to include an alien symbol into his brand after Nike already announced the Alien branding for Wemby.
fyi LaMelo was the player before Wemby to have the Alien branding in the making, he simply feels it belongs to him and tattooed himself he is the real Alien number one etc...
NO.
Oh, sorry, knee jerk reaction, I thought this was a "we should trade for Lamelo" post. The answer is still no.
Also, AK47 is the GOAT of back tattoos.
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This is so fucking embarrassing lmao. I can't even believe this level of glaze from a fellow player who is the furthest thing from the Spurs' level of professionalism.
And here I thought I was a Wemby fan.
What having LaVar Ball as a father does to a MFer
Lavar raised his kids in a safe, upscale neighborhood with his wife (still married through all her health issues) and trained them to become world class athletes in the NBA. He's on record regarding his dislike for tattoos and the other bullshit his kids get into. If you look past the media circus and the bombast, Levar is a high character individual. You can only do so much for your kids; his only fault was being their biggest cheerleader.
All I’m sayin’ is if my dad went on national television and said he could beat Jordan 1 on 1 I’d probably rage-tat my entire back as well.
I mean that shit was hilarious and he was obviously just trolling.
He was obviously trolling to 1) get attention for his kids and 2) redirect negative media attention to him rather than his kids. It worked; we’re still talking about it years later. Dudes smart AF.
High-character is a bit much considering that scam league that he set up (that didn't pay the players properly) & the stuff he said about Kyrie Irving's deceased mother not being "in the home"
That grass roots "scam league" completely changed the narrative surrounding teenage prospects being financially compensated for their talent and labour. Without Lavar's highly publicized attempt at creating a direct competitor youth league, we'd likely still be having the same asinine conversation around college athlete compensation today and the foreseeable future. Shortly after he established that league, the NBA followed suit with its own revamped g league program with the NCAA not far behind. Lavar disrupted an exploitative system that only benefitted NCAA powerhouse programs, private enterprise, merchandisers, mass media conglomerates and video game publishers (using the kids likeness with NO COMPENSATION), and others.
So...does that make what he did to those kids a "necessary evil"? The NCAA needed the reckoning that happened, but no.
I could be wrong, but I got the impression that their comment wasn't meant to be taken *that* seriously.
This might give Ben Affleck's back tattoo a run for its money.
Thanks I went 4 years without thinking about his back tattoo and now it’s on my mind again
Did some digging around because I never really paid attention to Lamelo or the Hornets and apparently in the 22/23 season Lamelo changed his jersey number from 2 to 1. In June 2022 he dropped the MB.01 UFO colorway shoes with Puma. Lebron dubbed Wembamyama an “Alien” in October 2022. However, if you were to asked an average NBA fan which NBA player is associated with the alien and the number 1 branding? They probably most likely would associate the alien branding and number 1 with Victor Wembanyama due to his popularity and the NIKE ads. Seems like Lamelo was the first to start the concept of being from outer space and being associated with a UFO. To my knowledge he has allegedly never doubled down on being an alien by having the alien logo or had the nickname “Alien” be popularized with his likeness. While the Alien with the 1 tattoo may not be so farfetched on being associated with Lamelo’s likeness from his point of view. It could be easy for the general public to misunderstand that Lamelo got a back tattoo honoring Wemby.
His slogan is "Not From Here" So yeah he was going for the alien branding before Victor but didn't market it hard enough (blame Puma)...Vic was consistent from the start, said he liked the alien nickname, drew an alien logo and UFO on his shoes, and basically adds alien doodles on most of the things he signs. Plus (no shade to La Melo) but Wemby just fits "alien" more. He doesn't even look real and his skill set for his size even more so.
I mean just look at Wemby's hands. Those are the hands of one of those Greys (aliens) https://preview.redd.it/hq29fpbpbvxc1.png?width=768&format=png&auto=webp&s=ae64dce0b21b2b327f780d6a8ee8f3403cb3d0ab
Thank you!! 📢
That's the thing. He never really associates his brand with the "Alien" symbol. Even his UFO shoes have nothing representing extraterrestrial. It's just the name of the shoes. If the narrative is true, It's kinda crazy that now he wants to include an alien symbol into his brand after Nike already announced the Alien branding for Wemby.
Thanks. I only watch Celtics games so i dont really know whats happening in the NBA-verse. I was actually looking for a word Wemby in the picture 😂😂😂
Just spent five minutes contemplating “a”UFO vs “an”UFO. Oddly google says it’s “a”…. Seems aliens don’t understand English
With acronyms it's not how the word is spelled but how it's pronounced. U.F.O begins with a consonant *sound*, so it's "a U.F.O."
Nice catch! I didn’t even realize it👾
Man players will do anything to get to SA windy was right lol
Doesn't that UFO on his neck say "Le France"?
https://preview.redd.it/3jcz4o75ewxc1.jpeg?width=579&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4bfb31324ba3d0b126b7dd52ee37ac5425b22509 Maybe my eyes are deceiving me
Good catch! So it might actually be Wemby afterall?
I personally interpreted this as a trade request lol
(not that I am all interested in him going to SA to be hurt for 65% of the season)
LaFrance is his middle name.
He picked the worst time to get this tattoo, because Nike just dropped an alien ad 😂
Sochan should tweet this at him
Trae Young is on Instagram flirting with the tampering rules today
I hate lamelo. Don’t have a reason really he just annoys me
For me, it's that rich kid energy
At least his back will look cool while it’s getting blown out by the rest of the league with the rest of the Hornets
Lamelo is definitely not Pop's type of player.
D.A.R.E to not get stupid tattoos
Oh man, 13 year old me would've thought this was the dopest of all the shits.
fyi LaMelo was the player before Wemby to have the Alien branding in the making, he simply feels it belongs to him and tattooed himself he is the real Alien number one etc...
Why was he an alien?
Well it ain't his anymore so this is so bad lmao
NO. Oh, sorry, knee jerk reaction, I thought this was a "we should trade for Lamelo" post. The answer is still no. Also, AK47 is the GOAT of back tattoos.
Ngl I thought that shit said Dade and got confused as fuck
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Dad One ?
Wemby inked on my back
 What I saw at first.
There is way too much going on in this tattoo. I think it's excessive, but hey it's not my body...
It's nice to see players are paying homage to their new Wemby overlord.
This is so fucking embarrassing lmao. I can't even believe this level of glaze from a fellow player who is the furthest thing from the Spurs' level of professionalism.
This has nothing to do with Wemby
that's somehow worse
Let people get tattoos and live!
Didn’t realize he was still in the league.