This youngster hasn't even bounced a basketball in the NBA and Nike just signed a 90 million dollar contract with him for the next seven years. Is he worth it?

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FORTH!

90 million fucking dollars??!!!

Nobody's worth that!

In my best impression of Sophia from "The Color Purple" ... HELLL NAAAW!

Nike should be donating that kind of $$$ to struggling inner city schools whose students wear their damn shoes!!!

pejman said:

Who is this guy?? I have never even
heard of him, I dont think.

sure he's worth it. if you havent noticed, the NBA isn't about how good you are but how good you can be marketed.

luv4thepurple1 said:

another highschooler to go straight into the NBA

maybecabdriver said:

Ohhh... I see

He's worth whatever the market will bear. This is America right?

Not related to a shoe contract but I will tell you that whatever team he ends up playing for will see attendance jump big time meaning that whatever they pay him they will see back in spades.

lovemachine said:

I wonder which team will get him. Talk about being set for life.

pejman said:

I wish I could be so lucky ...

pejman said:

Draft lottery is tonight. I'm hoping for Memphis

I'm kinda hoping that a good team wins the lottery so he can spend a couple of years on the bench learning the ropes with minimal PT and becomes really bitter and never reaches his potential.

I honestly think it is disgusting that an entire sporting community gan be drooling over an 18 yr old CHILD.

The type of hype he's garnering makes it nearly
impossible for him to live up to expectations.
At least as a player with nothing more than
high school ball experience under his belt.

I don't think it is a smart move. Who do they think this kid is, KOBE BRYANT?

theC said:

Kobe doesn't even have a shoe contract if I'm not mistaken. I heard hee over-estimated his value and hasn't gotten a strong offer yet.

lovemachine said:

Kobe has to wait till july when he will probably sign with Nike/Jordan Brand and might take over the Jumpman side of things. He has to wait cos of the whole Adidas contract thing. But he doesn't fit in well with the urban youth though. He aint gangsta like Lebron.

BKB13 said:

bawahahahahaha

pejman said:

Cleveland won the lottery and immediately held up a jersey with his name on it. I guess he is staying home in Ohio.

BKB13 said:

"gangsta" now das the key word my fine feathered friend!!! n

lovemachine said:

lovemachine said:

Dang, they made a jersey already? Well, I suppose the Cavs will stop losing on purpose now!! The player making a mockery of society signed by a team which made a mockery of the game toward the end of the season.

HOME SWEET HOME

pejman said:

Didn't LeBron say he didn't wanna play there without Lucas as the coach??

BKB13 said:

i'M DRUNK...i DUNNO i JUST STARTED THE THREAD...TELL it how it is??// mo money mo problems...

pejman said:

Ain't gonna argue with that!

BKB13 said:

okay I am sober now...

RedZRyder said:

Or paying a proper wage to the exploited sweatshop workers marketing their goods.

Sadly, I believe it's possible he is worth it. Given the initial publicity push he will likely get, he will help Nike sell quite a few sneakers, shirts, caps, etc. If he turns out to be half the player people claim he'll be, then over time, Nike will make that money back and then some.

It's gonna be tough on him, though. Every player he comes up against is gonna have an az to grind because of his early fortune and pub. I'd say 2 years from now, he'll be pretty good. In 5 years, he'll be very good.

My

BKB13 said:

but if you were the 18 year old being fawned over...you'd be all for it.