Lavar Ball finally breaks character; hands Lonzo over to Magic Johnson

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However, according to ESPN's Ramona Shelburne, the Lakers and president Magic Johnson's fears were assuaged when Johnson and LaVar had a sit-down talk and LaVar made a rare, honest confession to Magic: it's all marketing.

"But when the Lakers came to his house, LaVar broke character — or caricature — and said the one thing professional hype masters never reveal.

"'He just said it's marketing,' Johnson says. 'That's what he had to do to market not only his son but the brand. Before I met him I had already thought that. I already knew what he was doing.'

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Additionally, LaVar told Shelburne that he told Johnson that Lonzo was in Johnson's hands now.
"'As far as training my boy, this is as far as I can take him,' LaVar says he told Johnson. 'I'll leave it up to you to take him further. You can get him better with the film time and the coaching. You can take him to another level.'"

"'I trust you with my boy. I just got a great feeling that you guys are going to take Zo to a whole other level.'"

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