💬 The Lavar Ball saga continues

[TerryP]

Twitter roasts Lonzo and LaVar Ball for not getting a big shoe deal

On Friday, LaVar Ball cost his son a major shoe deal. Three big shoe companies, Nike, Under Armour and Adidas each said they were not interested in signing an endorsement deal with former UCLA point guard Lonzo Ball.

Lonzo’s controversial father LaVar confirmed the reports.

“We’ve said from the beginning, we aren’t looking for an endorsement deal,” LaVar Ball told ESPN. “We’re looking for co-branding, a true partner. But they’re not ready for that because they’re not used to that model.”

It’s rare for companies to walk away from an endorsement deal with a top recruit like that, and no matter how LaVar tries to spin it, the damage has been done. Getting shut down by all three companies is brutal.

Because the internet loves to point and laugh, people took the opportunity to roast the future NBA player and his dad with tweets.

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I'm not sure which part of this is more entertaining to me. The hoopla surrounding this whole story (one our beloved sports media outlets wasted no time inundating us with,) or the last sentence where the "internet" (sic) is now an entity? "...the internet loves to point and laugh?" Eesshh.

Who didn't see this coming?

There are some fairly humorous tweets in the article.

Twitter roasts Lonzo and LaVar Ball for not getting a big shoe deal

 

[Max]

“We’ve said from the beginning, we aren’t looking for an endorsement deal,” LaVar Ball told ESPN. “We’re looking for co-branding, a true partner. But they’re not ready for that because they’re not used to that model.”

That doesn't match this.

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LaVar Ball has a price for his sons: $1 billion.

The father of UCLA guard Lonzo Ball and his brothers LiAngelo and LaMelo, high schoolers who also are committed to the Bruins, said he's looking for a packaged shoe deal involving his three sons that would be worth $1 billion.

"A billion dollars, it has to be there," Ball told USA Today in an article published Monday. "That's our number, a billion, straight out of the gate. And you don't even have to give it to me all up front. Give us $100 million a year."

LaVar said last month that if Lonzo didn't sign with Nike, Adidas or Under Armour when he left college for the NBA, he would sign with the Big Baller Brand.

Billion dollar babies: Balls seek $1B shoe deal

 

[#80]

I'm SICK of hearing about this guy.

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

LaVar said last month that if Lonzo didn't sign with Nike, Adidas or Under Armour when he left college for the NBA, he would sign with the Big Baller Brand

BIG BALLER BRAND is a Lifestyle Apparel company founded on core family values, and inspired by the 3 Ball brothers from Chino Hills, California.
Lonzo, LiAngelo, and LaMelo Ball are basketball players with Championship pedigree.

ABOUT US – BIG BALLER BRAND

And there is your answer. He is using the other companies to build up publicity for the company he started.

 

[Max]

e is using the other companies to build up publicity for the company he started.

By demanding a million a year as last resort if they don't give him billions?

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

Yes. Would you ever know about the Big Baller Brand if not for the stories on his stupidity?

 

[TerryP]

Would you ever know about the Big Baller Brand if not for the stories on his stupidity?

Fair point here.

Would his son have garnered a shoe contract if his dad wasn't on this circus train? As many as Nike are signing now—keeping other companies from signing them as one main reasons—I'd think he just cost his kid a three or four year deal.

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

This is about him making money, not his sons. I don't get how Lonzo is letting him screw over his future like that.

 

[TUSKtimes]

In a few years, he'll be coming to his dad for a loan.

 

[bama alum]

In a few years, he'll be coming to his dad for a loan.

If Ball isn't taken in the first round, then he'll be playing overseas...Good! Take his media-whore dad with him and go!

 

[OldPlayer]

There's always Keds

 

[bama alum]

There's always Keds

:rolf:

 

[TheChief]

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

There's always Keds

Or Avia.

I remember they were the shizz in the 90s. Then they tanked and Wall-Marks bought the brand.

Hell, he could make some bank if they signed with Sam's club.

 

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[bama alum]

Can't I buy a comparable pair of those at Academy for $20?

 

[TerryP]

Can't I buy a comparable pair of those at Academy for $20?

Adidas has a pair around that price. The ones comparable cost $35. I've got a pair for pre and post golf.

 

[RTB X Bot]

 

[RTB X Bot]

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

Lolwut?

The hits keep on coming, @TerryP

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