Basketball has to be one of the MOST competitive sports in history. In fact, it’s so competitive, that sometimes disagreements which could possibly lead to fights can transpire. Remember some of the greatest of all time always making news in the media for their outrageous antics; such as Charles Barkley, Dennis Rodman and Allen Iverson? And what about those rivals on the same team like Kobe vs. Shaq, or those always being compared to for their 3 point shot or cross-over, Kyrie vs. Steph? Those are all rivals we know of, BUT have you heard of the new rivalry of 2017? Ball vs. James?

Fox Sports news anchor, Chris Broussard recently did a podcast with Ball. He mentioned how he believes James’ children are under alot of pressure in basketball, due to their father’s success. Ball’s statement certainly struck a nerve in LBJ. According to ESPN, James was not in compliance to Ball’s opinions. He replied, “Keep my kids’ name out of your mouth. Keep my family out of your mouth. This is dad to dad, it’s a problem now.” Whoa. We have to keep watching in order to find out the outcome to this one.

Some background for those who are not familiar. Lavar Ball, father of NCAA basketball player of UCLA, Lonzo Ball is known for drawing widespread media attention. Upon his son’s rise to stardom, he made several comparisons of his son being better than NBA players like Steph Curry, Lebron James and Russell Westbrook. Ball even compared himself to thee one and only Michael Jordan. According to USA Today, Ball stated, “Back in my heyday, I would kill Michael Jordan in a one-on-one.” Really?

Now, I want to hear from you, take the poll and YOU decide. Do you agree with LBJ or Ball?