La La Anthony reveals her most hated sports team years after Dallas Mavs fans allegedly hurled insults at her and son Kiyan

Former MTV and VH1 star La La Anthony (née Vázquez) doesn’t want her past troubles with Dallas Mavericks fans to stop her son from playing within the NBA.

The “BMF” actress hinted at Kiyan Anthony’s potential NBA future throughout the “Women Transforming Sports Through Media” panel at Fanatics Fest 2024 in New York City.

La La was he joined Livvy Dunne, Shelley Zalis and Allison Kuch at an event in New York. Alix Earle and Taylor Rooks hosted a women-only discussion on social media strategy and the business of sports.

At one point, Rooks asked the panelists to call their most hated sports teams. La La replied, “I have to be careful because my son is coming in. I have to be really, really careful.”

She then revealed an incident that occurred during her relationship with Kiyan’s father, Carmelo Anthony.

“I remember there was an incident when Melo was playing with the Dallas Mavericks and I was like, ‘I don’t know if I like this team, I don’t know if I like this place.’ But that was a while ago, so maybe I’ve forgiven them since then,” she continued.

La La Anthony was referring to a memorable incident when she and 2-year-old Kiyan allegedly suffered racist taunts throughout the 2009 Western Conference semifinals game between then-fiancé Carmelo Anthony’s Denver Nuggets and the Dallas Mavericks at the American Airlines Center.

“Of course, playoff games bring out the best and the worst in fans, but what happened Monday night — the racist insults and threats, the verbal attacks on my son, and the physical attacks on me from angry fans — was unacceptable,” La La said in a press release at the time.

The statement also said Kiyan was called “vulgar names” by his mother because he was called names early on, but when she left, she “was physically pushed”.

The footage shows the previous radio presenter entering into a heated argument with security as she is led from the front row.

La La, who will be seen pointing her finger at someone in the gang, continued: “The fans were completely out of control. The cameras caught me defending myself and didn’t show the abuse that was going on.”

People gathered at the stadium where the 2009 playoff game between the Denver Nuggets and Dallas Mavericks was happening questioned La La Anthony’s version of events. NBCDFW he spoke to individuals who were at the identical game, and they claimed that La La and her entourage were the aggressors within the situation, not the Mavericks fans.

According to a Dallas-Fort Worth-based source, a person sitting with La La Anthony threatened to “fight all of you f—–s right now.” Another source claims he was hit with a bit of bijou that La La tried to throw at a girl sitting behind him.

La La gave birth to a son for herself and Melo on March 7, 2007. Three years later, on July 10, 2010, the Brooklyn-born star married Kiyan’s father. VH1 aired their wedding ceremony as a part of the fact show “La La’s Full Court Wedding.”

Their marriage led to 2021 when La La filed for divorce from Carmelo in response to rumors that the previous baseball player was secretly having children with other women.

Kiyan Anthony, 17, is He is seemingly considering several Division I college basketball programs. There was speculation that the Class of 2025 member from Long Island Lutheran High School could play for his father’s alma mater, Syracuse University.