After recently getting his right foot amputated, Lavar Ball has opened up about some serious health struggles. In an article he wrote for SLAM magazine, Ball revealed that a dangerous infection entered his blood stream and became life-threatening.

When LaVar Ball first addressed having his right foot amputated, he seemed to be taking the matter in stride.“Did y’all forget I’m LaVar?" the father of NBA players Lonzo and LaMelo Ball and rising rap star/former professional basketball player LiAngelo Ball said last month on TikTok.

When Lonzo Ball and LaMelo Ball were breaking onto the scene as basketball prospects, their father, LaVar, was a constant presence. He'd grab headlines with his outlandish remarks and turned himself into the main character in his sons' basketball stories.