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An unauthorized sports biography, We Ballin’: What I learned from LaVar Ball aboutBasketball, Business, and Bravado centers on the rise in fame and fortune of LaVar Ball, father ofthe Ball brothers and founder of the Big Baller Brand. It is told from the perspective of MarissaMitchell, former protégé and later biographer and publicist for LaVar Ball.Written from Marissa’s viewpoint, the story begins with a twelve-year-old girl aspiring toplay basketball. Her father seeks out a coach to explore his book-smart daughter’s athletic prowess.He ended up finding a loud, boisterous local man named LaVar Ball. Mr. Ball put her through atough, disciplined training program that honed her body while she often played one-on-onebasketball with his small children. During that time, LaVar confided in her his dreams to make histhree sons NBA players using a similar training method. Although she decided not to playbasketball in college, instead taking the academic route, she and her father kept in contact withMr. Ball throughout the years. With her background in English and teaching, she later contactedMr. Ball with the offer to write his biography. It was the year the three “Ball Brothers” took theirpublic high school basketball team to the California State Championship.Mr. Ball was very enthusiastic to have Marissa back in the fold of the Ball family. Severalin-person interviews ensued, excerpts of which are included in the manuscript. During thoseinterviews, Marissa was asked to assume more responsibilities for the growing family business(Big Baller Brand and Big Baller Media) with the understanding her compensation would beretroactive, with a solid contract at the end of the year 2017. Marissa eagerly accepted the challengeand with the biography almost completed and having worked countless hours pro bono (endingwith Lonzo Ball being drafted to the Lakers), Marissa was then fired by LaVar Ball’s new manager.As she comes to terms wi
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