Lonzo Ball had a lot on his plate in his first years in the NBA, including his mother’s stroke and recovery, the birth of his daughter, the launch of his father’s Big Baller Brand and the money that came with a pro career. Throughout that time, family friend and Big Baller Brand co-founder Alan Foster managed the Ball family’s business affairs.
Ball cut ties with Foster in March. In April, Ball and his family’s company filed a lawsuit against Foster seeking at least $2 million in damages, alleging that Foster defrauded him, misled him and mismanaged his money. Those are allegations made in the lawsuit, and a response from Foster was not included in the coverage.
On the latest episode of LeBron James’ HBO series ‘The Shop,’ Ball talked about how the situation changed his outlook. “You gotta start taking control, because now I’m not just doing this for me, or my mom and my dad, who I love, but I’ve got to look out for a little one that’s mine,” he said. “When she was born, I started thinking about it, and then just everything that happened recently with Alan and everything, that’s what kind of woke me up.”
Ball also spoke about how close the two were. “I’ve known him since I was 12. People don’t understand how close he was. I bought my mom and dad a house, and he had a room in there,” he said. He added that he covered up the BBB tattoo on his arm because it reminded him of the situation.
Ball said the part that hurt him most was learning, when the family looked at the transactions, that problems did not start until his mother got sick, because she had handled the family’s money. As for seeing Foster again, he said, “I don’t even know what I would do if I see him right now. I ain’t seen him.”
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