LaVar Ball listed as betting option to become Lakers' next head coach
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You can now bet on LaVar Ball to become the next head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Online sportsbook Bovada released odds Tuesday on who will be coaching the Lakers at the start of the 2019-20 season, with Jason Kidd listed as the favorite. LaVar is a long shot at +50000.
BTW these were Bovada's odds on who will be the Lakers head coach to start NEXT season.
— J.E. Skeets (@jeskeets) February 13, 2019
Jason Kidd +125
Mark Jackson +200
Luke Walton +333
Frank Vogel +800
Kevin McHale +800
Tom Thibodeau +800
Phil Jackson +1500
Lavar Ball +50000
LaVar offered to help coach the Lakers in November, stating that he could do it "with my eyes closed."