LaVar Ball Says Son Lonzo Should Be No. 1 Pick in NBA Draft over Markelle Fultz

Having already compared his son Lonzo to two-time reigning NBA MVP Stephen Curry, LaVar Ball found a new target: Washington Huskies star Markelle Fultz.

In an interview that TMZ Sports posted Saturday, Ball argued Lonzo should be selected ahead of Fultz in the 2017 NBA draft: "If you got a kid that makes everybody better, you mean to tell me you wouldn't take him over a guy that's averaging 40 points but the team's losing?" he said. "If you wanna winner, you pick my boy."

In terms of team success, Lonzo Ball has a clear advantage over Fultz.

The UCLA Bruins finished the regular season and Pac-12 tournament with a 29-4 record and beat the Kent State Golden Flashes in the first round of the NCAA tourney. Washington, on the other hand, posted a 9-22 record that resulted in head coach Lorenzo Romar's firing.

Fultz, however, was a much better scorer than Ball:

Player	Points	FG%	3P%	REB	AST	STL
Fultz	23.2	.476	.413	5.7	5.9	1.6
Ball	14.6	.551	.414	6.1	7.6	1.9

In his most recent NBA mock draft, Bleacher Report's Jonathan Wasserman had Fultz going No. 1 overall to the Boston Celtics, while Ball went second to the Los Angeles Lakers.

During an interview Thursday on Waddle & Silvy on ESPN 1000 in Chicago, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr questioned whether LaVar's constant trash talk will be counterproductive for his son.

Should Lonzo lead UCLA on a deep run in the NCAA tournament, NBA executives may have little choice but to put him atop their draft boards this summer.