LaMelo Ball gets Signature Shoe. The "Melo Ball 1" $395
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Definitely wouldn't be a European league. Brandon Jennings was playing on a Eurocup team, and couldn't get more than 15 mins a game over there. Jonah Bolden is probably the only guy who's gone to Europe in recent history and actually received playing time, and that's only because he plays on a really young team
Terrence Ferguson couldn't even get playing time in Australia and the level of play there is a notch below D-1 ball
China or Korea would probably be best for Melo, there's ZERO d being played there. Melo would probably dominate Korea though, fukk around and get casted as the lead in a K-Drama
Bilz
Superstar
Is race the reason you aren't investing in him?IDAF what nobody say. Lavar Ball got a good idea going. He said fukk Nike and doing his own thing. Got his kid in some shyt that has never been done before.
Wish the best for him
Just goes to show you how hard it is as a black man in business. You can't tell me if he was white and his kids were all white and hyped up that they wouldn't have investors out the ass right now.
The problem with his marketing approach is that outside of his weird cult stanbase, people don't take him seriously. That isn't because of his race, it's because he is all over the place. High priced luxury items marketed with clownlike behavior. The people who are amused can't afford it. The people who can afford it don't want it.
Honestly, there is a propitious niche there that would have been attractive to all races. By either going all in as being for the kids or going all in as a premium shoe. But since he seems more interested in getting attention than anything else, he looks a lot more like William Hung or Octomom than a revolutionary like Oprah or Steve Jobs.
O.T.I.S.
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Melo in Korea is fukkery at the highest levelDefinitely wouldn't be a European league. Brandon Jennings was playing on a Eurocup team, and couldn't get more than 15 mins a game over there. Jonah Bolden is probably the only guy who's gone to Europe in recent history and actually received playing time, and that's only because he plays on a really young team
Terrence Ferguson couldn't even get playing time in Australia and the level of play there is a notch below D-1 ball
China or Korea would probably be best for Melo, there's ZERO d being played there. Melo would probably dominate Korea though, fukk around and get casted as the lead in a K-Drama
Kings County
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Box Factory
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Jennings went to italy though. I think an 18/19 year old Melo could get some run in Germany. Guys come out of Canadian Universities and get playing time there.Definitely wouldn't be a European league. Brandon Jennings was playing on a Eurocup team, and couldn't get more than 15 mins a game over there. Jonah Bolden is probably the only guy who's gone to Europe in recent history and actually received playing time, and that's only because he plays on a really young team
Terrence Ferguson couldn't even get playing time in Australia and the level of play there is a notch below D-1 ball
China or Korea would probably be best for Melo, there's ZERO d being played there. Melo would probably dominate Korea though, fukk around and get casted as the lead in a K-Drama
Agree on China Or Korea though. Still think China would be hard lifestyle wise for a kid like Melo
Japan has a league thats starting to pop too. Rob Sacre plays there (
). They love all that hypebeast shyt too so it could be a fit
Melo in Korea is fukkery at the highest level
Labor day weekend coming up, nobody in the office tomorrow. I should write a research proposal, send it to a bunch of KBL teams and cc the BBB...let's make it happen for 2019
pimpineasy
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He ain't slick. Straight dissing Bron stepdad situation
Triple entendre don't ask me how
Triple entendre don't ask me how
Since I'm most likely the only cat on here with intricate knowledge of NCAA bylaws I'll explain:
First off, LaVar and his team did their research into the permissibility of putting Young Lightskin (YL) in the commercial. Listen up y'all...I already saw LaVar talking shyt about YL's NCAA eligibility on SB Nation. LAVAR JUST TALKING SHYT TO SEEM LIKE HE DON'T CARE, BUT HE DEFINITELY CARES. Careful steps were taken to film that commercial within the rules. Now, I don't know about YL having his own shoe and how that plays with the NCAA because there's no precedent set. This is the first time a HS athlete has their own shoe.
Now, there is an NCAA bylaw that basically states an individual is permitted to use their name to advertise or promote the sale or use of a commercial product or service (and get paid for it ) prior to collegiate enrollment and can continue to do so after collegiate without jeopardizing their eligibility. Again, it has to be done prior to collegiate enrollment to do so. Anyone see the middle brother in the commercial or advertising the release of his own shoe?
Of course not, because since he is enrolled at UCLA, he would be ruled ineligible. And don't you think LaVar would put him in the commercial with his other bros if he could? But, he don't care, right?
Other parameters to the bylaw:
The individual became involved for reasons independent of athletics ability The way around that is BBB is Lavar's company and he wanted his son to be in the commercial
No reference made to individual's name or involvement in college athletics . Neither was made in the commercial.
The individual does not endorse the commercial product . YL did not VERBALLY endorse his shoe. Simply wearing the shoe does not constitute endorsement.
The individual gets paid at a rate commensurate with the going rate of other models and payment not based on athletics ability or reputation . YL probably didn't get paid, but again, BBB is Lavar's company so as YL's dad he can put that money away for him or whatever because he is his dad.
I don't know all the particulars of how this went down, but as an experienced college athletics administrator I know how to get around certain things and can think from the NCAA's perspective on how this can be done. There are loopholes out there to everything pretty much and it looks like BBB might have found some or worked with the NCAA to find a way to make it work.
I'm going to call some of my people over there to see how they did this though.
First off, LaVar and his team did their research into the permissibility of putting Young Lightskin (YL) in the commercial. Listen up y'all...I already saw LaVar talking shyt about YL's NCAA eligibility on SB Nation. LAVAR JUST TALKING SHYT TO SEEM LIKE HE DON'T CARE, BUT HE DEFINITELY CARES. Careful steps were taken to film that commercial within the rules. Now, I don't know about YL having his own shoe and how that plays with the NCAA because there's no precedent set. This is the first time a HS athlete has their own shoe.
Now, there is an NCAA bylaw that basically states an individual is permitted to use their name to advertise or promote the sale or use of a commercial product or service (and get paid for it ) prior to collegiate enrollment and can continue to do so after collegiate without jeopardizing their eligibility. Again, it has to be done prior to collegiate enrollment to do so. Anyone see the middle brother in the commercial or advertising the release of his own shoe?
Of course not, because since he is enrolled at UCLA, he would be ruled ineligible. And don't you think LaVar would put him in the commercial with his other bros if he could? But, he don't care, right?Other parameters to the bylaw:
The individual became involved for reasons independent of athletics ability The way around that is BBB is Lavar's company and he wanted his son to be in the commercial
No reference made to individual's name or involvement in college athletics . Neither was made in the commercial.
The individual does not endorse the commercial product . YL did not VERBALLY endorse his shoe. Simply wearing the shoe does not constitute endorsement.
The individual gets paid at a rate commensurate with the going rate of other models and payment not based on athletics ability or reputation . YL probably didn't get paid, but again, BBB is Lavar's company so as YL's dad he can put that money away for him or whatever because he is his dad.
I don't know all the particulars of how this went down, but as an experienced college athletics administrator I know how to get around certain things and can think from the NCAA's perspective on how this can be done. There are loopholes out there to everything pretty much and it looks like BBB might have found some or worked with the NCAA to find a way to make it work.
I'm going to call some of my people over there to see how they did this though.
Jennings went to italy though. I think an 18/19 year old Melo could get some run in Germany. Guys come out of Canadian Universities and get playing time there.
Agree on China Or Korea though. Still think China would be hard lifestyle wise for a kid like Melo
Japan has a league thats starting to pop too. Rob Sacre plays there (
I noticed that Japan league is starting to attract a lot of NBA talent too...don't doubt that Melo could thrive over there too, Mahmoud Abdul Rauf was averaging like 18 pts there at 42
Box Factory
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Gelo getting that shoe after the tourney
Lol noooobody is buying a gelo shoe.
Box Factory
hater
We're not talking about zo. We're talking bout Melo 2 years from nowzo wants to stay near his family thats why he pushed for the lakers why would he go to China and his mother still recovering from a stroke
David_TheMan
Banned
White people see this and the first thing they do is try to go run to the NCAA and report that "bad" negro. SMH.
ESPN and the sports media gonna try to act like LaVar has to run what he does as a father by the NCAA like they are his master. SMH
BBB No Loses.
ESPN and the sports media gonna try to act like LaVar has to run what he does as a father by the NCAA like they are his master. SMH
BBB No Loses.