NBA Rumors: LaVar Ball to create JBA to combat NCAA Basketball

NBA Rumors: LaVar Ball wants to start a paid basketball league for high school graduates that will combat NCAA Basketball

LaVar Ball says he’s undefeated, and that he’s never lost.

Can he take down the NCAA, though? It appears that’s what he’s about to try. According to ESPN’s Darren Rovell, LaVar, Lonzo Ball’s outspoken father, intends on starting a paid basketball league for high school graduates that will hopefully combat the unfairness that is the NCAA.

If successful, the league will be called the Junior Basketball League. Or, for short, the JBA.

More from Sir Charles In Charge

• LeBron James working to assemble super team for USA Basketball in 2024
• Dillon Brooks proved his value to Houston Rockets in the 2023 FIBA World Cup
• NBA Trade Rumors: 1 Player from each team most likely to be traded in-season
• Golden State Warriors: Buy or sell Chris Paul being a day 1 starter
• Does Christian Wood make the Los Angeles Lakers a legit contender?

"[via ESPN]LaVar Ball said Wednesday that he’s launching a basketball league for nationally ranked players who have graduated from high school but don’t want to go to college.Ball said his Junior Basketball Association — which he said is fully funded by his Big Baller Brand — plans to pay the lowest-ranked player a salary of $3,000 a month and the best player $10,000 a month. Ball is looking for 80 players to fill 10 teams that will seek to play at NBA arenas in Los Angeles, Dallas, Brooklyn and Atlanta."

The JBA would be ideal for highly rated prospects that have absolutely no interest in playing college basketball, for whatever reason. It could be ideal for those handful of prospects that simply don’t want to attend class or don’t have the grades to get to the top schools.

While on the surface this seems like a great idea if LaVar can’t reel in the sponsors to back him with this idea, this seems like a dead end.

LaVar says that he will pay between $3,000-10,000 per player. That seems a little low for the top rated prospects. Louisville allegedly paid – or at the very least was somewhat involved – in playing a recruit $100,000.

If LaVar is going to be successful with this endeavor, he’s going to need a lot more cash in order to get the top rated high school prospects to join the JBA instead of going to college or overseas or simply making the jump to the NBA G-League, which could actually be a more common theme moving forward.

Must Read: NBA Rumors: Boston Celtics ready to pounce on potential Anthony Davis trade

Again, on the surface this seems like a solid starting point. Question is, where will it go from here? Can this gain steam? As is the case almost always with LaVar Ball, let’s take this with a grain of salt and wait a bit.