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<p>LaVar Ball has upped the ante.</p><p>The outspoken father of former UCLA star Lonzo Ball said Wednesday on Fox Sport 1&#8217;s &#8220;The Herd with Colin Cowherd&#8221; that it will now cost a shoe company $3 billion to make a deal with his Big Baller Brand.</p><p>&#8220;If they want to talk to me now, it just went up to $3 billion. Triple Bs &#8212; billion, billion, billion,&#8221; LaVar said.</p><p>He also repeated that he wants Lonzo to play only for the Los Angeles Lakers, the hometown team that got the No. 2 pick Tuesday night in the NBA draft lottery.</p><p>&#8220;Now that Lonzo&#8217;s headed to Los Angeles, what they should have done is give me a billion dollars and let me be on my way,&#8221; LaVar said.</p><p>LaVar said he has sold 400 to 500 pairs of the $495 ZO2 shoes, and has no need to market his products to women.</p><style>
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LaVar Ball increases shoe-deal asking price to $3 billion