LaVar promises Big Baller Brand job to JBA players who fail to go pro
There's no guarantee players in LaVar Ball's Junior Basketball Association will make it to the NBA, but they'll have a job waiting for them at Big Baller Brand.
Jerry Vargas, who plays for the Seattle Ballers, was interviewed by the New York Post's Jake Nisset about his decision to spur college for the JBA, and relayed a bold promise made by Ball.
From Nisse:
Vargas, and the other 63 league members, bet their futures on a fledgling basketball league with no guarantees. Well, except one promise.
Vargas recounted a California training camp, around June 11, when Ball addressed all the players. According to Vargas, the (in)famous loud mouth delivered a lofty vow to anyone who failed to forge a pro career from the JBA: a job at Big Baller Brand.
Kezo Brown became the first JBA player to move on to another professional league last month when he left the Chicago Ballers to play overseas in France.
Ball currently pays his players a $3,000-a-month salary plus 60 percent of the proceeds from their jersey sales, and has said that he's prepared to pay "top-ranked recruits" as much as $50,000 per month.
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