Posted on 04/01/2019 8:42:17 AM PDT by C19fan
Zion Williamson is about to get paid.
Long before he steps on an NBA court, the projected No. 1 overall pick in June's NBA draft is expected to land a sneaker endorsement deal that will make him far richer than his first NBA contract will.
In fact, many in the sneaker industry expect that Williamson's eventual deal will make him one of the three highest-paid rookie sneaker endorsers ever, joining the likes of LeBron James and Kevin Durant.
"In my lifetime, I think it's going to be the biggest bidding war ever done," said Sonny Vaccaro, the famed former marketing executive with Nike, Adidas and Reebok. "I would put them all on go."
(Excerpt) Read more at espn.com ...
Won’t be Nike.
Why not? Duke is a Nike school.
Paid or laid?
Blow-out.
Will sign with the company that has best QA/QC.
Because it was a Nike that blew out on him injuring his knee.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zion-williamson-injury-duke-basketball-player-out-for-knee-injury-after-blowing-out-shoe-2019-02-21/
Last thing Nike wants is to keep associating their logo with him.
Coach K up and out early this morning scouting for more one-and-done basketball mercenaries.
How many classes do you suppose he attended???
Scroll down the article and you’ll see what happened to Zion’s Nike shoes.
Not sure. If he was a Tarheel the answer would be none.
I think he’ll be a dud in the NBA.
Steal this shoe.
BS...
That's the nature of the college game today. However, the two big one-and-done programs, Duke and Kentucky, lost yesterday.
I agree....Check this out:
Zion played Sunday’s game in Nikes.
What does Dizzy Cortez or Red Bernie say about this? Shouldn’t there be a limit on how much one can earn?
As you pointed out, Duke is a Nike school. Nobody had a choice on that front. Now that he’s out, and it’s all about choice, both parties will be smart to choose somebody else. At least for the first contract. 4, 5 years from now if he’s not a bust it’ll be fine.
Probably not.
The NBA is about to change their rule about not being able to hire kids straight out of high school. I’m surprised they have been able to get away with it for this long.
If a man, and a 18 year old is a man, is ready for the job there is no legal way for them to say NO you can’t play.
So I think this season was the last season of the “one and dones”.
you mean “which class” did he attend?
That one time? I don’t know. :)
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