LaVar Ball — dad of NBA players LaMelo and Lonzo and rapper LiAngelo — says he thought 'just kill me' while dealing with diabetes complications that led to amputation of his leg.

When Lonzo Ball and LaMelo Ball were breaking onto the scene as basketball prospects, their father, LaVar, was a constant presence. He'd grab headlines with his outlandish remarks and turned himself into the main character in his sons' basketball stories.

The final amputation count, LaVar said, was four. He also had to go through four separate blood transfusions as part of the proc