Gilbert Arenas' kids are looking impressive at the prep level, prompting him to jokingly compare himself to Lavar Ball.

Lonzo's parents, LaVar and Tina Ball, were both college basketball ... "She's tough, smart, pretty," LaVar said of Tina. "I told my wife, 'I been with you so long, you can have one eye drooped ...

“I think it’s a possibility for sure, to be honest with you,” Ball, now 27 ... kid since high school, so I was thinking that was going to be the route,” he told ESPN.

"Cause here's the thing: I'm not going back to the Lakers for how you did, Lonzo. So why do I bring the other two." LaVar ... Ball, his last name Ballmer; we push the Ball more." The 56-year-old ...