Ball's dad still thinks Lonzo is better than Steph Curry

Sign up now for theScore $100k Team Tourney Challenge, and you'll be the first to know when you can enter!

It appears Lonzo Ball's father wasn't kidding when he said his son was better than Steph Curry earlier this season, as he doubled down on the claim Saturday during a radio interview.

With UCLA in Tucson to face Arizona in a massive Pac-12 tilt, LaVar Ball joined KCUB 1290-AM to discuss his son's talents in comparison to the NBA star.

"I have my opinion of my son and I watch people play," LaVar said, as per Javier Morales of AllSportsTucson.com. "I said he's better than Steph Curry ... to me! That don't have to be for everyone else. But to me I think my son is better than Steph Curry and I don't care what nobody says. I'm saying he's taller, faster, stronger."

The elder Ball wasn't done there, continuing the defense of his opinion by comparing the two players.

"Put him in the right situation. Steph Curry shoots the ball. Lonzo shoots the ball. He dribbles the ball. Lonzo dribbles the ball," he noted. "Like I said, he's going to have problems if he tries to go against my son one-on-one, but it's a team game. I don't know why everybody gets mad for. What I'm not going to say is Lonzo is pretty good but he's no Steph Curry. Stop it. Steph Curry is pretty good but he's no Lonzo Ball."

Ball has been a key contributor to the resurgence of a UCLA team that finished 15-17 last season, and has been battling Washington freshman point guard Markelle Fultz all season for the top spot on NBA draft lists. Fultz has been a star, but the Huskies have struggled to a 9-18 record. That's something LaVar suggests wouldn't happen if Lonzo attended Washington instead of UCLA.

"UCLA will be right back where they were, 15-17 (last season), and Washington would be at the top," the elder Ball boasted. "You'll have all those athletes and Lonzo would make those athletes run for Washington."

The 6-foot-6 phenom starred last time the Bruins faced the Wildcats, dropping 24 points with eight assists, but Arizona handled UCLA easily on the road. The return affair Saturday night in Tucson has major implications on the Pac-12 race, but if you listen to LaVar, the game has already been decided.

"My boy don't lose to people two times in a row," LaVar said. "Everybody says it's hard to play up there at Arizona? Now, my boy is going to change the news on you. He's going to get this one."