LaVar Ball has referee replaced mid-game by Adidas after she gives him a technical foul

LaVar Ball was issued yet another technical foul during Big Baller Brand’s game in an Adidas-sponsored AAU event in Las Vegas on Thursday. He was later ejected and did not leave the court, so the referees ended the game.

Here is the first technical foul:

At this point, Ball threatened to walk his team off the court, according to ESPN’s Myron Medcalf:

Not sure what’s happening here in Vegas. LaVar Ball drew another technical and told his team “let’s go.” Team still on the bench with organizers trying to sort through the chaos.

Instead, Ball appeared to have given Adidas an ultimatum: Big Baller Brand or the female referee who issued LaVar a tech. The referee — the only woman on the officiating crew whose name was not available — was eventually replaced:

Adidas told ESPN’s Jeff Borzello that it was their decision, not LaVar’s, to replace the referee, citing a history between she and Ball. Ball was also assessed a technical foul in Big Baller Brand’s Wednesday night AAU matchup against Zion Williamson’s SC Supreme team.

It is not immediately clear if she blew the whistle on him on Wednesday. After the game, Ball insinuated the referee had something against him. He also said “she needs to stay in her lane.”

LaVar was then assessed a second technical foul and refused to leave the game:

Instead, the referees merely ended the game.

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