Lavar is just talking to see how who will cave and give him a 100 million...actually making his own shoe is a last resort...
Lavar keeping his foot on Nikes neck
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Because these dudes are 19-year-old basketball players, not entrepreneurs trying to run a business from scratch
You really think when you can sign a $20 mil guaranteed contract like Ben Simmons just did with Nike, that any kid is gonna be like nah fukk that, lemme go start my own company, and while I'm trying to make it in the NBA as a rookie I'll also have to worry about how to promote my company, hire factory workers and other staff, shoe design, development, customer acquisition, marketing, inventory, how to scale it, how to find investors, etc.
Now you could say, well of course he won't do it himself, he'll hire someone else. But WHO? How does a 19-year-old know who to hire to put in charge of a company that is supposedly going to compete with Nike?
Some of ya'll really don't THINK for shyt before you hit that submit button
havoc
Superstar
Lavar isn't trailblazing any path that has been built by other professional athletes who created their own brand. Shaq, Ewing, Starbury, Wade,etc..
havoc
Superstar
That's what I want to know ?
ShoryukenHaduken
All Star
how yall think that big baller chicken was looking on the grill
Fixed. Wade just has his own shoe line with Li-Ning
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
That said, why would anyone else sign to BBB? It's gonna be hard to survive off just your kids.
I'm just waiting to see which shoe company is going to bite on signing them , a major or a local looking to come up. There's a lot of smaller shoe companies out in Southern California.
Brand Black? (Jamal Crawford 's kicks )
Brand Black? (Jamal Crawford 's kicks )
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Dwight Howard
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same way they know how to hire competent agents...if BBB works you might not see a flood of kds going completely indie but you might see more subsidiary brands like Jordan. I can see that realistically happeningBecause these dudes are 19-year-old basketball players, not entrepreneurs trying to run a business from scratch
You really think when you can sign a $20 mil guaranteed contract like Ben Simmons just did with Nike, that any kid is gonna be like nah fukk that, lemme go start my own company, and while I'm trying to make it in the NBA as a rookie I'll also have to worry about how to promote my company, hire factory workers and other staff, shoe design, development, customer acquisition, marketing, inventory, how to scale it, how to find investors, etc.
Now you could say, well of course he won't do it himself, he'll hire someone else. But WHO? How does a 19-year-old know who to hire to put in charge of a company that is supposedly going to compete with Nike?
Some of ya'll really don't THINK for shyt before you hit that submit button
SadimirPutin
Superstar
I cannot really believe some of you DUMB ASS nikkas in here think Nike is SCARED of this dude and his bummy ass clothing line.
The "worst thing in 100 years" line is harsh, but he really is BAD for this. Ya'll can try to big up a dude pushing his own shyt, but if he was real serious about it then he would actually be serious about it.
But he's not.. BBB is already a joke and a meme, look no further than this thread. So it's hard for me to really have any support for this dude taking on the big corporation when he's already turned himself into a joke, and hurt his son in the process.
How DUMB would you have to be to have your own son pass up a multi-million dollar contract to wear some trash that will no doubt look like K-SWISS joints
what even funnier is that dudes in this thread have acknowledged that nike took decades before they really became popping
but somehow BBB is gonna come out the gate and be worldbeaters based on sons that havent proven or won anything at any basketball level
so somehow BBB is gonna leapfrog Adidas, UA and other shoe brands to get at nike...
and STILL STILL STILL nobody has answered my question? who in this thread has actually bought BBB products? If they are so gung ho about the brand and the movement surely they would have bought something right
- that's my point, those shoes sparked a nationwide discussion about overpriced shoes and the ridiculousness of it all; and kids were like
- you're right, but that's a tall order. he HAS to come in the league and take over, not be a brandon jennings/demar derozan all star type player
he's gotta be on that elite, top tier, championship level behemoth out the gate in order to even be in the same race as Nike
this dude clearly wants to be the star and have all the attention, he's probably actually jealous of his sons
this whole situation won't end well for any of them...watch and see
And they look like shyt
Retail at $160
Lonzo is going to be the laughing stock of the league when BBB launches his kicks. Not to mention that sales of bball shoes have declined since Adidas made running shoes the trend.
