Posted on 07/18/2019 10:59:24 AM PDT by Eddie01
One of the most infamous sports apparel brands in American history appears to be nearing its sad end, as LaVar Ball’s ‘Big Baller Brand’ made news this week after someone spotted the company's previously high-priced merchandise being sold for several dollars at a local volleyball tournament.
When you combine the comical clearance sale with the fact their official Twitter page hasn't tweeted since Match, and even worse, the website has also yielded a ‘website under construction’ banner on the homepage for the last several months, it’s painfully obvious that the ‘Billion Dollar Brand’ as LaVar Ball infamously tabbed it will soon fade into oblivion.
Ball had at one point, had gone on The Herd and said his company was open to working with Nike or Adidas for a simple fee of three billion dollars, as the notorious patriarch of the Ball basketball family did everything in his power to steal his company headlines, albeit in laughably absurd fashion.
In November 2017, the company released its first signature shoe called the ZO2 for son Lonzo Ball, at a shocking price of $495, to which LaVar defended the crazily high price tag with ‘If you can’t afford the ZO2’s, you’re not a big baller.’
At the time, Lonzo was a rookie for the Lakers, in a season where he averaged only 10.2 points.
In January of 2018, the Better Business Bureau gave the Big Baller Brand an ‘F’ grade, saying some customers had waited months for their orders, with some were even complaining their orders never arrived. Former Baltimore Orioles All-Star Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones added further humiliation when he said it took a full year for his ZO2’s to arrive.
In March of 2019, the company was dealt quite possibly their biggest deathblow, as they were allegedly swindled out of $1.5 million by co-founder Alan Foster, a close family friend who was a trusted member of the company.
Days later, Lonzo would remove all traces of the brand from his social media account and reportedly alter his ‘BBB’ tattoo as well. He would play the rest of the season wearing Nike sneakers.
The optics of the clearance sale coupled with the website being down and twitter account going inactive leads to obvious speculation over the company’s dire future as Lavar’s ovatious, yet deranged attempt at a competitor to Nike, Adidas, and Under Armour appears to be over.
Recall:
UCLA freshman LiAngelo Ball and his Bruins teammates are in Hangzhou, China to play Georgia Tech in the team’s season-opener this Friday—except Ball, along with fellow freshmen Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, will probably miss the game. In fact, they might miss other Bruins games when the team returns home to the States. And it won’t be because these players suffered injuries or illness. It will be because they are still in China—and possibly in a Chinese jail.
The three players were arrested on Tuesday for shoplifting from a Louis Vuitton store.
Followed by:
LaVar Ball won't thank Trump after son freed, but he did send him sneakers
hahahahaha.
Mr. Bawl’s 15 minutes are up
Oh Balls
The guy with the ungrateful sticky finger sons
Awwwwwww.
Trump was in China meeting with Xi when this happened.
He asked Xi for a little help.
The boys were freed and Lavar refused to thank Trump, instead insulting him with a pair of basketball shoes.
He’s in the top 10 of ingrates along with Colin K.
It’s been ALL downhill since.
Karma. She’s a MF.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy...
How did he head into bankruptcy?
Slowly at first, then all at once.
The whole family...messed up!
Brother Lonzo, after smaktalking Kentucky in the tournament:
The Bruins were eliminated in the Sweet 16, losing 86–75 to Kentucky. Ball had 10 points, eight assists, and four turnovers in the loss, while Wildcats point guard De’Aaron Fox scored 39 points for an NCAA tournament freshman record.
I truly loved that. Fox took it personally!
First the baws were big, and then they were gone...
The further Lo gets away from his dad, the better for him. If Lo had told his dad to STFU and stop talking about his role with the Lakers, he might still be there. Lo Ball actually improved quite a bit in his second year. There is no question about his ability to see the court and find open teammates.
#Surprising
De’Aaron?!? I’ve heard of a lot of black names with the “De” prefix slapped on it, but that’s a first for me. I wonder if there’s a guy named “De’Thurston” or “De’Declan” out there somewhere. LOL
“Former Baltimore Orioles All-Star Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones”
“their biggest deathblow”
“ovatious”
LOL!
DE’Aaron is/was a really good kid, though, as in having good character. Was a joy to watch.
That’ a shame....the Kardashins of the sports world going bankrupt.
This kid needs to fire his Dad. The kid is a decent player. But until the carnival show moves out of town, he will never have the space to grow.
I predicted this when I first heard of this idiot and his 3 sons.
The sooner, they get away from him, the better.
Some of my co-workers argued with me about this, but I said all along, he would never be successful in this and he would drag all his sons down with him, if they don’t get away.
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