LaVar Ball has confirmed that his leg was amputated due to diabetes.
A month after TMZ reported that the father of basketball stars Lonzo, LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball had his leg amputated, Ball confirmed the news in an interview with Slam magazine.
Ball, 57, told the magazine that he underwent the procedure in January – noting that the timing coincided with LiAngelo’s song “Tweaker” going viral.
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“I had an infection on my foot that started spreading through my blood due to not paying attention to my diabetes,” said Ball. “I ended up having to get my leg amputated. First, they cut off a couple of toes. Then they cut off my foot. Then they said, We gotta go almost knee high for another surgery.’ “
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