LaVar Ball, who recently made his debut as a professional head coach over in Lithuania, has opened his mouth again.
This time, he's directed comments towards Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr.
In an interview with Basketnews.lt, Ball called Kerr, a two-time NBA champion, the "Milli Vanilli" of coaching.
"Anybody can be a coach. You know, I'm going to put a sign out there so you'll really go crazy. Look at Steve Kerr. He's the Milli Vanilli of coaching. Which I mean is, you can stand at the same spot like Luke Walton did and win 27 something games when you got right horses just running. Sometimes less coaching is the best coaching but some of these guys like to act like they are really coaching somehow to play.
"How do you coach KD, Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson? You know how to coach them? You don't. Turn your back and let them do what they do. As soon as they win championship, everybody is like 'oh, he's a great coach.' That team was put together by Marc Jackson. And now he jumped up and trying take all the credit. That's why I'm calling him the Milli Vanilli of coaching.
Full audio of LaVar Ball talking about Steve Kerr, Phil Jackson, Michael Jordan, Luke Walton, and his boys in Lithuania: https://t.co/wlWIfDDPjK— Jonas Miklovas (@jmiklovas) January 29, 2018
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When asked to respond to Ball's comments during Monday's practice, Kerr declined, saying "Not talking about it. Basketball. We're talking about basketball. Who wants to ask a basketball question?"
Steve Kerr asked about the LaVar stuff: "Not talking about it. Basketball." pic.twitter.com/jnLonmqoif— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) January 29, 2018
Kerr's players furthered the sentiment, with David West commenting "I don't waste my brain matter" on topics like that.
‘I don't waste my brain matter' on stuff like that. - #Warriors C/F David West when asked about LaVar Ball's comments referring to Steve Kerr as the Milli Vanilli of coaches.— Monte Poole (@MontePooleNBCS) January 29, 2018
Andre Iguodala took a slightly different approach, saying that "LaVar is smart, marketing-wise. See, because we keep talking about him. I like LaVar. That's my mans."
'LaVar is smart, marketing-wise. See, because we keep talking about him. I like LaVar. That's my mans.' - @andre in the wake of LaVar Ball comments indicating Steve Kerr is 'the Milli Vanilli of coaching.'— Monte Poole (@MontePooleNBCS) January 29, 2018
Ball's comments come on the heels of Kerr saying the Big Baller Brand founder had "become like the Kardashian of the NBA."
"I guess that sells and that's what's true in politics, in entertainment and now in sports," Kerr said. "It doesn't matter if there is any substance involved with an issue. It's just, can we make it really interesting, for no apparent reason. There's nothing interesting about that story. Do you know how many parents of my players are sitting at home going 'Why isn't he playing my kid?' And yet, we're sticking a microphone in his face because it apparently gets ratings."
Kerr was the 2016 NBA Coach of the Year. In three-plus seasons at the helm, he's amassed a 247-49 record and a 47-15 mark in the playoffs.
On Jan. 28, Ball was named the head coach of BC Vytautas for the Big Baller Brand challenge over in Lithunia. Vytautas won 151-120 against Jonava.
Milli Vanilli was a German Rhythm and Blues duo from Munich, Germany. The group achieved international success and earned a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in February of 1990 that was later withdrawn after the pair was exposed for lip-synching.
