LaVar Ball, genius or lunatic?

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[h=1]Nike, Under Armour, Adidas not interested in deal with Lonzo Ball[/h]
Ball's father, LaVar, confirmed that the three shoe and apparel companies informed him they were not interested in completing a deal with his son. Sources with the three companies told ESPN.com that they indeed were moving on.
Never in the history of modern-day shoe endorsements have the big companies all stepped away from a potential top pick nearly two months before the NBA draft. But LaVar, who has been representing Lonzo in the deal, has offered something that has no precedent

Now that the traditional shoe companies are out, Ball said he will reach out to the Chinese brands, which include Peak, Li-Ning and Anta, and he's not counting out taking on an entrepreneurial partner outside the business.

"That includes Facebook," he said.

Ball said he did indeed have a prototype for Lonzo's first shoe.
"We're not going to sign with a company and then wait around for five or six years for a shoe like Paul George had to wait for with Nike," Ball said.

Why Work

He was trying to form a partnership, where the shoe company would basically give them their own line, like Jordan. That would be ok, if the kid had actually done anything. The deal also included his 2 brothers. So some company is going to come to the plate and the kid is awesome or his brothers and it was a stroke of genius. Or not.

Asking way too much for an unproven commodity.

SouthFloridaAngler

Is this a poll?
Is **** an option?

Polar

he said balls lol

cadman

No company is going to drop that kind of investment in an unproven asset. There are too many unknowns, injury, bad press, not liked by fans, etc..

tunaman

Can't say I know the gentleman....

Scarecrow

I'll vote lunatic.

fishdish

Arrogant idiot.

Mister-Jr

It's too early to call him an idiot. I hope he can pull this off and tell the three big shoe companies they have to deal on his terms.

cadman

All it is going to take is for one of the kids to realize they are losing millions due to their father being unreasonable, break rank and sign a deal on their own. His plan will crumble at that point.

Mister-Jr

People hated Earl Woods and Richard Williams.

fishdish

cadman wrote: »

All it is going to take is for one of the kids to realize they are losing millions due to their father being unreasonable, break rank and sign a deal on their own. His plan will crumble at that point.

Completely agree