Dang I haven't heard of that until you made a post about it.
This guy Kyrie really has an attitude. He think highly of himself, he can't even carry a team.
He's comfortable doing this because he knows he's one of the biggest market attraction with his signature shoes, and Nike won't easily cut ties with Kyrie.
Kyrie has gone way too far after calling them "trash".
This version of shoes won't surely going to sell enough, because the fans won't gonna support it.
He should've appointed a meeting with the Nike first before posting something in social media.
What a stupid attitude.

I'm not saying they own a superstar, they are binded into a contract and it's inappropriate for a player who is endorsing a product to mock it, that doesn't make sense at all, why not just cut the contract and look for other companies that will trust him to endorse their product.

Look, before Kyrie got popular, Nike is a very successful company already, Irving would not make millions if he was not hired to do the job for the company, and the company could hire another superstar to promote their product, but if Irving will not get a contract, he will not make millions.

you know what I'm saying?


Let's just assume that it's true, and my opinion is only based on the current allegation, if it's proven false then it will invalidate my opinion.

Agree with you on that matter, let's side with our emotion as that's all we can do now, since I assume it's true, then I will side with the Nike here. IMO, Nike would not issue any statement even if it's true as it will only create a scandal and it's not good for the sales of the Nike.

look one bad statement of their endorser could result to a drop of sales, probably millions of dollars, but that would not affect much to the endorser as he is already paid either in full or partial.

Nike does not want this to happen to them.

Coca-Cola loses $4 billion in market value after Cristiano Ronaldo shuns Coke

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As it turns out Simmons is at a level where Sixers are looking for a big overhaul for him. It is obvious that he is not going to get traded for this many assets, he honestly worths maybe like one or two first rounders plus a salary filler at this point, because who are you going to really draft that will be so much worse than him? I think no matter who you pick, unless it is a bust then you are going to pick a player that can probably score better than him, maybe not defend as well but can score better than him enough to cover that difference.

This dude scored less than 10 points per game against Hawks, you really think that people could give 4 first round picks?? That is insane ask from Sixers. What I assume will happen is that Simmons is upset about all of this, and he will want to leave as well, Sixers will not be able to get what they want, and Simmons will force them to lower their price one by one and eventually they will have to trade for much less.

Draft tonight!  Knicks got their 19 and mavs 21st and an early 2nd (which is like a backend 1st round pick)  hoping they make some deals they don't need 4 draft picks.  Going to need some guards to come in as they are going to lose a couple.  Can't wait to see the haul.  Anyone else excited for the draft???

Yeah I seen that too.  I think russ to the Lakers males sense.  He won't have to carry the load.  And he can get his own buckets at will.  That's what they need is someone who can get their own whenever need be.  Right now they have a lot of guys who sit around and watch brow and Bron play their game and get the scraps.  Russ can win games by himself, Kuma can't be that.

I thought that the Lakers-Kings trade has been done but it seems like it hasn't finalized yet.
Westbrook going to Lakers in exchange of Trez, Kuz, KCP and 2021 first round pick.

TBH, if this trade will be done then it is hard to pick which team is the winner at least for me. Yes the Lakers got a reliable and a talented triple-double guy in Westbrook but lets not forget the contributions that Trez KCP and Kuz to the Lakers team. Trez and KCP are a good defenders and Kuz is a good role player at least. Its just unfortunate that they got Harrell in Clippers but they didn't utilize him when he is in the Lakers. If this trade will happen then he might redeem himself in the Wizards.

We have different opinions . You might believe that he will be a star in the future but for me he isn't. Lets just hope that he will land into a team that will train him very hard to the point that they will let him shoot threes and improve his free throw shooting because I agree with what you said that his stats are better than the average player but when you need him, he can't be trusted and we saw this against the Hawks.

Anyway, lets continue the Ben Simmons Saga . Just hours ago the 76ers offered the Warriors a trade.

Warriors will receive Ben Simmons
Spurs will receive Wiggins, Wiseman, their 2 2021 first round picks (7 & 14) and 2 future first round picks.

I admit that the 76ers are very greedy with this trade maybe because of the rumors that the Warriors are interested on him. Anyway, the Warriors rejected "quickly" and its pretty obvious that the 76ers will win the trade if this happened.

The problem with those guys is "consistently inconsistent" lol. It's way better for me to ship those as I don't know on what part they contribute big out from their inconsistency. If Lebron James and Anthony Davis aren't present, no one from that 3 is stepping up or just in a few situations.

If the deal will be finalized and Lakers got Westbrook, they won the deal. Westbrook can carry a team consistently. Lakers are surely in good hands whenever Bron or AD, in case, sidelined or not present.

On the other hand, Harrel, KCP, and Kuzma will be a good addition to the Wizards. They lack supporting roles so they have also won the deal.

Yup, it gonna be Showtime again, we all know that Russ loves to run with the ball and with James and Davis at the wing, we might see them having a good time with fast break dunks. But they need some perimeter guys as well, that can defend to opposing teams main man. Russ doesn't want to play defense or at least stay away from fouling anyone. So just imagine if both teams are healthy, Lakers vs Nets in the finals next season, that will be fire. James vs KD, Westbrook vs Harden. I think its a win-win for both teams, Harrell was not a perfect fit to the Lakers and Kuzma, oh well, we see him choking in the playoffs. KCP is a 50-50 to me, although it seems that he also play below par in the series against Phoenix. I remember James urging him to shoot the ball.