During a critical pre-draft meeting with the Los Angeles Lakers, LaVar Ball spoke honestly to Magic Johnson and Rob Pelinka about his intentions in marketing his sons and his Big Baller Brand with an over the top personality. 

The meeting went a long ways in the Lakers' decision to draft Lonzo Ball.

"He just said it's marketing," Magic Johnson said. "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."

As Johnson recalls, "He said, 'Earvin, look, I'm not following my son. I'm not going to be hanging out in L.A. I'm going to be training these young kids [his other sons].'"

"'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.'"