Lavar Ball and BBB got these Nike execs mad :umad:

[Supa]

See, this is that "Don't take risks & dream, just work for rich white men & have nothing to pass down to your children other than this same bullshyt belief" that a lot of us in impoverished neighborhoods were raised on..

LeBron's Nike deal could be worth 1 billion.

MJ has Jordan brand and is the lone black team owner.

Tiger made a fortune off Nike.

Curry gets 32 million a year of UA.

Every athlete in the league not playing for Charlotte works for rich white men. They all have wealth to pass down to their children all from making sound business decisions. BBB is not a sound move. Lonzo Ball is not a star like LeBron was coming out of high school. His brothers are still in high school and can't sell or market shyt. Use common sense and stop with the fake black empowerment angle.

 

[cartierhoe]

"Nike gave lebron a billi not to run away"

 

[YourMajesty]

of course Nike sends a black man out there to shyt on another brother smh

 

[Big Boss]

You do realize this isn't the first time an athlete has done this, right? Marbury and Shaq did it before him. There's a reason why athletes don't go this route. It takes millions of dollars of R&D to get a shoe right in the first place and even more money to push it forward in the future. Nike is a machine and it's one less thing those athletes need to worry about. There's a way to go about this if you want to own your own brand, but he's doing it wrong and it's even worse that he's treating his son's career as collateral damage.

You don't help out other black folks by blindly cheerleading them to do something wrong. This could've been his plan with the 3rd kid, who is offensively talented and has a massive following, and it would've been 3-4 years of proper planning with checks he got from Nike to pay for the whole thing. If you're doing it smart and actually have power you're never using your own money.

Facts

 

[El Poyo Loco]

People talking about "Nike ain't scared of no damn Lavar Ball" are missing the point.

Of course Nike ain't scared that BBB will ever compete with Nike. They're afraid that if BBB is successful (and success doesn't mean rivaling Nike in sales), then more and more stars will go the same route.

The first thing they'll do is send their employees to shyt on the brand like they're doing now. Just like they did to Shaq and Marbury.

 

[Remote]

Under Armour's Stephen Curry basketball shoes rank fourth, survey shows

The analysis found that 64 percent of online athletic footwear shoppers buy Nike shoes. Nike's website has cornered about a third of the online market, beating out both Amazon and Zappos.



Nike does very well but you guys are overrating their market share.

 

[Supa]

The first thing they'll do is send their employees to shyt on the brand like they're doing now. Just like they did to Shaq and Marbury.

See any kids hooping in their kicks lately?

Those were certified NBA stars but this Bizarro Drake looking rookie with no personality is going to make it happen

 

[JordanwiththeWiz]

Idk what cacs y'all talking about George Raveling is black

 

[Rekkapryde]

I love how people will give advice under the guise of caring about somebody's welfare and career. Between you and his father, I would bet his father cares more about his career than you. And beyond that, he cares that his son has a check after he stops entertaining you on NBA on TNT every Thursday night.

Yea, I know about Marbury and Shaq. They made money.

They might not have been the favorite shoe of the masses, but they made money.

They might have been sold in foreign countries moreso than the US, but they made money.

They might have even been sold in Wal-Mart, but guess what? They made money.

And how is doing something for yourself wrong? How is trying to be the owner wrong? How is not taking a dikk up the ass wrong?

Bro, you don't help blacks by cheerleading black people to keep letting everyone else be the owners while you hope to get a paycheck for using your celebrity. Think about how many millions these athletes get paid to be brand ambassadors. Now, think about how many millions or billions the owners must have in order to pay those athletes those millions in contracts.

I'm not saying don't leverage OPM, but they have more than enough startup capital if every star player invested a very small piece of their wealth into getting started with market research, product design and getting the proper leadership in place. While fishing for investors and venture capital for bring the product to market.

Peace

Repped

 

[El Poyo Loco]

See any kids hooping in their kicks lately?

Those were certified NBA stars but this Bizarro Drake looking rookie with no personality is going to make it happen

That's part of the plan to shyt on them. Tell young black kids these sneakers are not what the cool kids are wearing go pay $110+ for my shoe because I have a corporation behind me you've seen the commercials

Lebron: nobody is going to wear those

Marbury: of course he's going to say that Lebron works for Phil Knight, I don't work for Phil Knight

 

[Remote]

Lavar Ball is irritating but I can't fault the man for wanting to have ownership/control of his revenue streams...either for himself or his children.

 

[LezJepzin]

i guess donald sterling got ousted 101 years ago. nigg@s really need to stop

The irony that Phil Knight wanted to buy The Clippers in the early 80s but Sterling got in the way. What could've been

Do ya Googles on George Raveling.

THIS!!!! I'm a big Nike fan but fukk this guy Biggest hypocrite in the business. Him and Sonny Vacarro used to be best of friends . Check this out for more research

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

LeBron's Nike deal could be worth 1 billion.

MJ has Jordan brand and is the lone black team owner.

Tiger made a fortune off Nike.

Curry gets 32 million a year of UA.

Every athlete in the league not playing for Charlotte works for rich white men. They all have wealth to pass down to their children all from making sound business decisions. BBB is not a sound move. Lonzo Ball is not a star like LeBron was coming out of high school. His brothers are still in high school and can't sell or market shyt. Use common sense and stop with the fake black empowerment angle.

So even if Lavar fails that will serve as vital lessons for the next set of hustlers trying to establish their own imprint. Nothing fake about ownership and settin up shop

 

[Mars]

I'm not the biggest Lavar Ball fan.....But I will support him 100% just to see him stick it to these gready ass sneaker companies.They can't stand to see a black man take control of his money and destiny.They want all athletes,especially the black ones to be employees instead of the employer.

 

[Serious]

Explain what the difference is. Why are you not calling these guys out for joining the NBA and making money for the white man instead of starting their own league to play in?

or going to pwi instead of HBCU's