LaVar Ball has talked plenty of smack about the London Lions ahead of next week’s “Big Baller’s Clash” between Prienu Vytautas and the British Basketball League club at the Copper Box Arena. The Big Baller Brand CEO, who will be coaching LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball’s team in that exhibition, called the game “a sure win” and predicted “a tail-whooping” during an appearance on “Listen In With KNN.”

As it happens, LaVar isn’t the only one between these two teams who’s ready, willing and able to throw verbal jabs. In a promotional video for the friendly, Vince Macaulay, the Lions’ owner, belittled the Ballfather and his sons’ Lithuanian squad.

“LaVar Ball and the Baller Brand bringing their team here? We’re gonna whip their butts,” Macaulay said. “Those guys play, I don’t know, rec league over there in Lithuania. Wait ’til they get here and see what we have for them.”

The Lions may not be a European powerhouse, but they’re far from a pushover. At 14-9, they currently sit fourth in the BBL standings, with three Americans (Demonte Flannigan, Jack Isenberger, Brandon Peel) on their roster.

It’s not as though Vytautas is setting the continent ablaze itself. Gelo and Melo’s team (5-22) sits alone in last place in the Lithuanian (LKL) League, and went 0-3 during the Big Baller Brand International Tournament in February.

Throw in Tuesday’s game against the Guangdong Southern Tigers and Saturday’s showdown opposite Lietkabelis, and Vytautas could be worn out by the time the team makes its way to the UK.