A video surfaced this Tuesday where controversial basketball magnate LaVar Ball bought his struggling handyman a brand new truck, as he was having trouble going back and forth to his job due to transmission problems with his vehicle.
Ball said he also gave the man a new job as a property manager for his Big Baller Brand. “It’s just something I did for him,” the business man pointed out: “He’s been working a long time trying to make ends meet. That car ain’t gonna get him from place to place. Now he has a car that can get him from Point A to Point B.”
The salesman at the CarMax dealership where Ball purchased the vehicle, Michael Henry, was the one that posted the video on Facebook to share the moment. In it, the man begins to tear up when he and his family see the truck. “They all hopped into the front seat,” Ball said. “I was like, ‘There’s a back seat too!'”
Henry accompanied the video with a commentary: “LaVar Ball gets a lot of negative press for the brash and sometimes downright crazy things he says and does,” Henry wrote. “I had the pleasure of selling him a truck that he bought for his long time handyman Felipe [whose] truck went out of commission days before.”
The salesman continued: “He and his family were asked to come to Carmax to come see his wife Tina. To their surprise, a 2017 Toyota Tundra was waiting for them and the moment was priceless. You will definitely see LaVar Ball in a different light after watching this video.”
LaVar Ball is the The Big Baller Brand creator and father of hoops stars Lonzo Ball, a rookie with the Los Angeles Lakers, LiAngelo Ball, a freshman at UCLA, and LaMelo Ball, a high school phenomenon.
He has endured a controversial year that included accusations of sexism, following comments he made to Fox Sports 1’s Kristine Leahy, as well as his successful petition to have an “out of shape” female official removed from one of his games during a July grassroots tournament.
Ball stated he didn’t buy the truck for attention or to convince his haters he has a generous side. He said he was just helping out family. “It’s just who I am,” said Ball, who launched a family reality show, “Ball in the Family,” on Facebook Watch last month. “He didn’t know I was going to do it for him.”
Watch the emotional video below!
https://www.facebook.com/michael.henry.52831666/videos/10155628581668428/?permPage=1