It's finally happening. It's the moment Big Ballers everywhere have been waiting for. LaVar Ball is going to be the head coach of Vytautas, the Lithuanian team his sons LiAngelo and LaMelo play for, alebit for one game.Â
The team made the official statement on its Twitter account that the Big Baller messiah would be coaching the team during its Sunday contest against Jonava, the final game of the Big Baller Brand Challenge.
The head coaching gig follows LaVar's coaching debut as an assistant coach this past Tuesday, a game in which Melo and Gelo combined for 80 points and a W despite playing virtually no defense. If LaVar is able to notch a victory today, it would make Vytautas 5-0 in the tournament.Â
This is not the first time LaVar has coached his sons. He has previously coached The Big Baller's AAU basketball team that his son LaMelo played on. This past summer, he caught some flack as the coach of the team for getting into heated exchanges with referees during games and even walking his entire team off the court before a game could be finished. Hopefully, none of those shenanigans will occur this time around.
The Ball family is definitely getting comfortable in their new home country of Lithuania. Not only have LiAngelo, LaMelo, and LaVar taken its basketball world by storm, but Los Angeles Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball is even getting in on the family's popularity in the country. This upcoming summer he will be performing his first rap concert there, an unexpected move for literally anyone else except a member of the Ball family.
Anyone looking to check out LaVar's coaching debut with Vytautus can tune in to the live stream today (Jan. 28) at 1:50 p.m. EST.
