Nike, Under Armour, Adidas not interested in deal with Lonzo Ball
An endorsement deal with Nike, Under Armour or Adidas is not in the cards for Lonzo Ball.
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.
In
his meetings with all three companies, LaVar insisted that they license
his upstart Big Baller Brand from him, according to the companies. He
also showed the companies a shoe prototype that he hoped would be
Lonzo's first shoe.
"We've said from the beginning, we aren't
looking for an endorsement deal," LaVar 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. But hey, the taxi industry wasn't ready
for Uber, either."
(ESPN.com)
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