With the limelight glowing, new life has filled the LaVar hype machine, and he's using the opportunity to rip the Lakers and their power players as Lonzo Ball is repeatedly mentioned in reported trade proposals. LaVar rips Magic Johnson, Luke Walton Magic Johnson is in LaVar's crosshairs in a recent interview with the "Doug & Wolf" show on Arizona's 98.7 FM, but head coach Luke Walton takes the brunt of his ire for turning Lonzo "into a loser. Luke Walton was the worst coach he ever had," LaVar told Doug & Wolf.