LaVar Ball had his right foot and part of his lower right leg amputated last month, and now we know why. Ball discussed his health scare in a first-person article published by Slam on Tuesday.

Complications from diabetes led to him being hospitalized for over a month, needing three amputations and four blood transfusions.

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.