LaVar Ball says that his sons, Lonzo, LaMelo, and LiAngelo are the reason that he's kept going amid his health problems that involved getting his foot amputated. Ball opened up about his battle with diabetes to Slam Magazine (around the six-minute mark of the following) video.

Ball said his hospital stay coincided with LiAngelo Ball's song "Tweaker" going viral in January: "Funny how life works sometimes." "I had an infection on my foot that started spreading through my blood due to not paying attention to my diabetes,

LaVar Ball, Lonzo and LaMelo's dad, had his foot amputated as a complication from diabetes, but has used his platform to encourage people to get check ups.