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Lavar Ball
RoadDawg55
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New respect from me. Making the shoes Versace level is smart. And honestly, the shoes are way better than any Curry shoe that is out. They are dope. No cool, trendsetter is wearing Under Armour shoes.
The Ball's will make it. Lavar has taken the Trump approach. Most people will hate him, but with that $495 price point, you don't need to sell that many shoes. The minority that fuck with them will make them rich. I've come around.
And the youngest Ball bro will be a star. I hated on them until my buddy showed me how much flair the young one has in his game.
The Ball's will make it. Lavar has taken the Trump approach. Most people will hate him, but with that $495 price point, you don't need to sell that many shoes. The minority that fuck with them will make them rich. I've come around.
And the youngest Ball bro will be a star. I hated on them until my buddy showed me how much flair the young one has in his game.
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What Lavar Ball fails to understand is that Lonzo is the brand, not Lavar.
And, frankly, he's a nice player but the only personality we've seen is his father's.
Nobody bought Nikes because of James Jordan.
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All Lavar Ball all the time
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Not the same thing. With social media and today's world, Lavar has more of a role than you think.PurpleThrobber said:What Lavar Ball fails to understand is that Lonzo is the brand, not Lavar.
And, frankly, he's a nice player but the only personality we've seen is his father's.
Nobody bought Nikes because of James Jordan.
Everybody talks about him. This is the Kardashianization of basketball. All pub is good pub, we will beat you over the head with it. If the Ball kid's suck it won't work.
The first shoe looks good though and the high price point makes it a status thing. It was a smart move imo, but we will see. I'm intrigued by the experiment. -
The first time John Wall locks down Lonzo, the Big Balla shoes will become the most expensive doorstops in history.RoadDawg55 said:
Not the same thing. With social media and today's world, Lavar has more of a role than you think.PurpleThrobber said:What Lavar Ball fails to understand is that Lonzo is the brand, not Lavar.
And, frankly, he's a nice player but the only personality we've seen is his father's.
Nobody bought Nikes because of James Jordan.
Everybody talks about him. This is the Kardashianization of basketball. All pub is good pub, we will beat you over the head with it. If the Ball kid's suck it won't work.
The first shoe looks good though and the high price point makes it a status thing. It was a smart move imo, but we will see. I'm intrigued by the experiment.
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That's irrelevant. Lonzo will be a rookie. He deserves a couple years like all players. Some bad games as a rookie won't mean the business has failed.PurpleThrobber said:
The first time John Wall locks down Lonzo, the Big Balla shoes will become the most expensive doorstops in history.RoadDawg55 said:
Not the same thing. With social media and today's world, Lavar has more of a role than you think.PurpleThrobber said:What Lavar Ball fails to understand is that Lonzo is the brand, not Lavar.
And, frankly, he's a nice player but the only personality we've seen is his father's.
Nobody bought Nikes because of James Jordan.
Everybody talks about him. This is the Kardashianization of basketball. All pub is good pub, we will beat you over the head with it. If the Ball kid's suck it won't work.
The first shoe looks good though and the high price point makes it a status thing. It was a smart move imo, but we will see. I'm intrigued by the experiment.
How many shoes get sold before Lonzo plays a game in the NBA. That is the only thing to watch right now. The rest is LIPO stuff.
I agree that it won't work unless one of the Ball's is a bonafied All Star, but that is at least a few years away. -
100 hundred with roadie. Drinking on jib again time to order a pair side 13
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They're all gonna suck in the NBA, so it's a mute poont.
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So go buy a pair with your allowance big boy. Maybe you will finally be able to dunk a ball on that 8 ft hoop in your mom's backyard.
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Lonzo won't suck. Good role players aren't selling shoes though. The youngest one can play.ThomasFremont said:They're all gonna suck in the NBA, so it's a mute poont.
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This guy Lavar is selling flip flops for $220.
What people don't realize is that they are winning. No kids gaf about Barkley, Shaw, or any other old guy's criticism.
Lavar is capitalizing on the sneakerheads, which are right behind 13 year old girls for the dumbest market. He's doing it right so far. -
Lot of business expertise in this thread. Impressive.
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PettyDennis_DeYoung said:Lot of business expertise in this thread. Impressive.
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Like the strategy except that everything is riding on the name "Big Baller". What the fuck, your kid isn't some power forward future Draymond Green badass, he's a skinny acne-ridden point guard who needs a Draymond type to dish to.
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Lavar is the brand. His kid is boring.PurpleThrobber said:What Lavar Ball fails to understand is that Lonzo is the brand, not Lavar.
And, frankly, he's a nice player but the only personality we've seen is his father's.
Nobody bought Nikes because of James Jordan. -
If the kid's fail does Lavar? I would guess he just gets another up and comer.TierbsHsotBoobs said:
Lavar is the brand. His kid is boring.PurpleThrobber said:What Lavar Ball fails to understand is that Lonzo is the brand, not Lavar.
And, frankly, he's a nice player but the only personality we've seen is his father's.
Nobody bought Nikes because of James Jordan. -
If you buy a $220 pair of flip flops that are made in China for $10, you're a bigger dumbass than a drunk Bitchfork.
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Agree, but some people will. Having the balls to charge $220 and take that risk is what I like.oregonblitzkrieg said:If you buy a $220 pair of flip flops that are made in China for $10, you're a bigger dumbass than a drunk Bitchfork.
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Our morally bankrupt narcissistic society is responsible for producing @$$clowns like him...
He is a shameless self promoting delusional moron - I'm predicting a successful career in politics -
I hope eazy e comes back from the dead to fuck him in the ass.
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That's pretty random. I know Eazy E had aids but still...PurpleJ said:I hope eazy e comes back from the dead to fuck him in the ass.
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I love the guy. Love the big dick home run swing. Love the execution so far. Love the haters hating.
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So he's a good role player, but he doesn't suck? OK!RoadDawg55 said:
Lonzo won't suck. Good role players aren't selling shoes though. The youngest one can play.ThomasFremont said:They're all gonna suck in the NBA, so it's a mute poont.
The youngest is the biggest fag of the bunch.
Bookmark this fucking thread, cuz NONE of them will do shit in the league. -
They aren't some bums Freeme. I don't know if they will be stars or not but they can play.ThomasFremont said:
So he's a good role player, but he doesn't suck? OK!RoadDawg55 said:
Lonzo won't suck. Good role players aren't selling shoes though. The youngest one can play.ThomasFremont said:They're all gonna suck in the NBA, so it's a mute poont.
The youngest is the biggest fag of the bunch.
Bookmark this fucking thread, cuz NONE of them will do shit in the league. -
Hot take!ThomasFremont said:
So he's a good role player, but he doesn't suck? OK!RoadDawg55 said:
Lonzo won't suck. Good role players aren't selling shoes though. The youngest one can play.ThomasFremont said:They're all gonna suck in the NBA, so it's a mute poont.
The youngest is the biggest fag of the bunch.
Bookmark this fucking thread, cuz NONE of them will do shit in the league. -
ThomasFremont said:
So he's a good role player, but he doesn't suck? OK!RoadDawg55 said:
Lonzo won't suck. Good role players aren't selling shoes though. The youngest one can play.ThomasFremont said:They're all gonna suck in the NBA, so it's a mute poont.
The youngest is the biggest fag of the bunch.
Bookmark this fucking thread, cuz NONE of them will do shit in the league.
Ab-so-fucking-lutely. They will be nice college players. It boggles my mind that Lonzo is touted as some sort of generational game-changing talent just because he passes the damned ball. D'uh- that's what point guards are supposed to do.ThomasFremont said:
So he's a good role player, but he doesn't suck? OK!RoadDawg55 said:
Lonzo won't suck. Good role players aren't selling shoes though. The youngest one can play.ThomasFremont said:They're all gonna suck in the NBA, so it's a mute poont.
The youngest is the biggest fag of the bunch.
Bookmark this fucking thread, cuz NONE of them will do shit in the league.
That shitty shot of his is going to get swatted.
And nobody is going to want to play with that other one, LaMelo who refuses to the pass the ball and cherry picks every chance he gets. He'll get fudge packed.
And if he pulls that point down at half-court and shoot shit, he might get killed. Please god, let UCLA play West Virgina next year so Huggy Bear's men can prison rape him.
The middle one doesn't have the body to play the 3 at the next level - and he's too Lavar fat and slow to play guard.
The Porter brothers will make more money in the pros. Mark it down in ink.
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BBB isn't the worst idea ever. Shoe companies create a biz model that only resonated a couple times a generation. Curry isn't making UA huge money, durant isn't making nike huge $, pretty much Lebron is the only star who has lasting appeal outside Jordan. Going boutique style could totally be a new frontier where they control the $ and the production(scarcity). As others have stated, if his sons bomb, especially Lonzo, this whole thing won't have the funding to stay afloat for his next round of kids. But that actually leads to the bigger point. What shoe companies have is media, MASS media. Lavar is doing all this on social media and being being a fucking moron to get on air. Most people will tire of his act, including media outlets and if he hasn't solidified the brand it will be dead in the water as he's unlikely to get publicity like the last 3-4 months(especially once football starts).
The only way I see this sustaining is if he get a VC who can help him focus his social media flare, and the business side of navigating without blowing his load. But I doubt there are a lot of VC's running to pump $ into a dying industry(shoes) with a loudmouth who could offend the entire buying market everytime he speaks. -
I'm not a shoe guy but I heard about those from pretty much everyone and their moms (fuck off Boobs no pics).
I know Lebron, Curry, KD etc all have their own shoe and have had them for awhile but I still have never actually seen one and have no idea when their last one came out.
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So there's a report out that they sold less than 300 of the shoe on the first day. 210 of the $495 version and 53 of the $995 version. About $150,000. I don't know what that means. 263 pairs seems low but the draft hasn't even happened yet and the high price point, along with selling any of the autographed ones at that insane price means you can sell less.
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It means, fuck Lavar with a fire hydrant. And Lamelo with a 757 for the half court shot. Wish I had I had been on the other team to go draymond and kick his nuts back up his stomach.
