The Official NBA Season Thread: Season Starts Now

[Moheezy]

Nike probably has the most expensive sign athlete roster

Adidas, Puma, and NBA probably outbid them for certain players.

Plus not like they haven't been burned by a #1 pick not working out. So with them worried about margins more these days, not surprising they don't scoop up everyone

And to be honest. I think getting Caitlyn Clark is a better investment than Flagg.

Plus you got chinese brands making a strong push. Way of Wades are solid and consistent. Anta is killing it as well...all these "smaller" brands smell blood with Nike tanking and are making a push to capture Nike's customer base.

 

[DripNick]

Kyrie did it to himself, literally playing with his meat and bread

 

[fluid hips]

Kyrie ruin his own Nike deal by being an idiot.

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees...

 

[Moheezy]

So the top 5 players in the world are all foreign and Bron isn't top 5 after what we just saw in the Olympics?

Plus Tatum being over KD...I'm not sure how I feel about Shai being a 96...Love his game, but that's a bit too high I think.

 

[Moheezy]

Kyrie's Antas are doing just fine. Plus he has WAY more autonomy with them.

 

[RustyShackleford]

That tweet wasn't enough to justify Nike's actions.

Pandering during a nasty time.

Nike didn't just drop Kyrie because of the tweet

Before the tweet thing happened news broke that Nike was not renewing Kyrie's contact. Kyrie had been publicly criticizing Nike and the design of one of his signature shoes. Which they had to change the name of an not launch it as a numbered sig. By all accounts, the business relationship had broken down, and they didn't want to meet Kyrie's demands for a new contract. The partnership was ending regardless.

The tweet thing and fallout caused them to cancel his last signature shoe under Nike.

At most, the tweet made them end the partnership 4-6 months earlier than it was scheduled to end.

 

[JMB10215]

^^^Dont they have Victor?

Big men dont sell shoes

 

[fluid hips]

And here we go...

NBA is desperate to go global

Soccer is king globally

 

[JMB10215]

This a assbackwards post

They have Wemby & Ja both are proven commodities,Cooper Flagg is not.Kyrie ruin his own Nike deal by being an idiot.

Big men dont sell shoes

 

[WASHED KING]

Nike didn't drop Kyrie because of the tweet

Before the tweet thing happened news broke that Nike was not renewing Kyrie's contact. Kyrie had been publicly criticizing Nike and the design of one of his signature shoes. Which they had to change the name of an not launch it as a numbered sig. By all accounts, the business relationship had broken down, and they didn't want to meet Kyrie's demands for a new contract. The partnership was ending regardless.

The tweet thing caused them to cancel his last signature shoe under Nike.

You have made something up in your head to base your opinion on.

I understand and know about all the turmoil with Nike prior to the tweet and the cancelling of his last shoe.

Still think the reaction to the tweet was a reach.

 

[king j]

Big men dont sell shoes

He’s not your typical big man

 

[RustyShackleford]

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees...

Getting millions of dollars from a Fortune 500 company under the condition you follow a basic code of conduct is living in your knees

Y'all something else

 

[DripNick]

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees...

While true, spewing antisemitic rhetoric is not exactly mandatory either

 

[fluid hips]

Big men

PAUSE

 

[WASHED KING]

I don't think New York made Timb's popular.

 

[RustyShackleford]

I understand and know about all the turmoil with Nike prior to the tweet and the cancelling of his last shoe.

Still think the reaction to the tweet was a reach.

It wasn't just the tweet

Things went south for Kyrie because he was asked multiple times, on multiple days, to clarify and say he is not antisemitic

He would not. He want to deflect and play coy

You are spinning things to defend Kyrie idiocy

How about you throw on one of your pairs of Chelsea Boots and demand the same level of accountability you want from women in the dating market

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Nike: "Please don't tweet Mein Kampf amazon referral links"

Kyrie: "Better to die on your feet than live on your knees..."

 

[fluid hips]

Getting millions of dollars from a Fortune 500 company under the condition you follow a basic code of conduct is living in your knees

Y'all something else

I don't think Nike follows its own code of ethics with the sweatshop labor it exploits

But F it. Here's a couple million, just shut up and dribble

 

[rolaholic]

 

[osh kosh bosh]

this probably how Nike-Kyrie meeting went

 

[nick.]

And here we go...

There are not 100+ NBA players that are above an 80 overall.

"Paolo Banchero" an 89 ovr?
"Jalen Green" 84?

What happened to the game I love?

 

[WASHED KING]

It wasn't just the tweet

Things went south for Kyrie because he was asked multiple times, on multiple days, to clarify and say he is not antisemitic

He would not. He want to deflect and play coy

You are spinning things to defend Kyrie idiocy

How about you throw on one of your pairs of Chelsea Boots and demand the same level of accountability you want from women in the dating market

I'm not single anymore. I'm happily in a relationship with a beautiful black young black queen. The boots have been put on a shelf and I'm turning over a new leaf, as long as single mothers aren't talking to crazy on the interwebs.

My agendas have now been fully refocused to Lebron James, supporting black people, slandering conservatives and weirdos like Drake.

I am delivertd.

 

[dacomeup]

I don't think Nike follows its own code of ethics with the sweatshop labor it exploits

Tweeted from NikeTalk.com . You told them!

 

[osh kosh bosh]

There are not 100+ NBA players that are above an 80 overall.

"Paolo Banchero" an 89 ovr?
"Jalen Green" 84?

What happened to the game I love?

[oldhead] participation trophy generation. [/oldhead]

 

[RustyShackleford]

I don't think Nike follows its own code of ethics with the sweatshop labor it exploits

Kyrie's Anta shoes are probably manufactured in a factory down the street from Nike's.

Kyrie Irving Is Now an Exec at Chinese Firm Tied to Human Rights Abuses

The NBA star and self-proclaimed “freedom” fighter is the Chief Creative Officer of a sneaker brand linked to “the systematic use of forced labor”

www.rollingstone.com

Nike wasn't out there doing dumb things in the public to make Kyrie look bad. So if Nike is so bad, it was a low bar for Kyrie to jump over. And his *** still tripped.