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,

It was last month that LaVar Ball revealed that due to medical complications, he had a portion of his foot amputated, and in a new SLAM cover story, the Ball patriarch is ready to open up about the health scare.

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