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DMV will buy this under gear.
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UA's owner had a mini show, an inside view of their Factory on the tele a few days ago.
They have a faster growing co. Than any athletic brand ever, and it wasn't close, 30mil isn't breaking that company.
They have a faster growing co. Than any athletic brand ever, and it wasn't close, 30mil isn't breaking that company.
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LeBron impacted that entire Team's defense & was the main reason they were top 5 defensively. He also impacted the cavs defense as well during his MVP seasons so it was kinda expected.
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hell, i LOVE Nike. its pretty much all ive worn all my life. shoes and clothing wise.
if reebok or adidas somehow came up to me and say here, we will give you 250k a year and all the clothing and shoe you want but you can wear anything nike. guess what? im taking that deal
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Under Armour will forever be stuff you wear to the gym. Until they can prove they can manufacture product that has casual appeal, they'll be who they are.
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But Miami's big 3 went to 4 straight finals And won two. That's pretty successful.
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And under almost every football Uni in the World, peewee popwarner NCAA and NFL.
That's who they are
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Yes that's how it is. All other franchises are failures (barring ones not at least 15 years old yet). What else are we ranking success by then?Wasnt aware success was only measured by championships won only. Or something as arbitrary as repeating. Guess only six franchises are sucesses then
Spurs form big 3.....
EVERLASTING DOMINANCE
Yet, they've never repeated and that Big 3 went seven years before they won again.
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Just look at how UA has bled into the grassroots level. Youth dictates consumerism. Wearing under armor is already a cool thing to do. If KD were there? Pssh, they would instantly be a hot commodity. They lowkey are now.
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Under Armour got big off tight dri fit shirts.
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I thought you were joking before but you cn't seriously what you typed about Nike rigging anything for NBA finals. That spits in the face of all the other ppl signed to them that haven't won **** in their other sports or the other NBA players and the other teams with nobody signed to nike.KD is never getting a ring now
Just silly.
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UA being a hot commodity and being the cool thing to wear. It's workout wear.
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Nike Is going to feel that Loss a lil bit... you don't want to make the opposition stronger and by letting the second best player in the League go they've done exactly that.
Not saying UA will outgrow Nike overnight but having a SUPERSTAR adds all kind of notoriety to the brand and that's what their paying for. They may not recoup this money through KD shoe sales.... but having your brand represented by a superstar player, & someone who has actually made a mark in the "sneaker Culture" can be something that helps them build a foundation to rapidly grow.
Not saying UA will outgrow Nike overnight but having a SUPERSTAR adds all kind of notoriety to the brand and that's what their paying for. They may not recoup this money through KD shoe sales.... but having your brand represented by a superstar player, & someone who has actually made a mark in the "sneaker Culture" can be something that helps them build a foundation to rapidly grow.
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False alarm. Folks in the KD thread took a tweet out of context. Seems like Mr McBride from UA is trolling right now with cryptic messages. I still think he's gonna jump though.
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I missed this but yea he's out of his mind. Those 4 seasons they were together they made 4 straight finals appearances, you just can't ever brush off an accomplishment like that. Might not even see a big 3 as successful as they were for a long time.
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KD sold 175 million in 2013, with a plastic 6.
That KD 7, expect him to do Lebron #'s which were 300 mil last year.
Nike isn't letting him go. No way!
Edit: "The Baddest" campaign though
That KD 7, expect him to do Lebron #'s which were 300 mil last year.
Nike isn't letting him go. No way!
Edit: "The Baddest" campaign though
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If NIke survived not having Iverson (who IMO was considered an even bigger athlete than KD in the early 2000's), they can survive being without KD. There are more elite level basketball players with the Nike/Jordan brand than any other brand at this point. More importantly, Nike has the best player in the game, along with Kobe making a return next year.
Nike runs the NFL, they have the main guys in golf, MOST of the best players in the NBA and two global figures in Ronaldo and Lebron. They will live just fine with or without KD
Nike runs the NFL, they have the main guys in golf, MOST of the best players in the NBA and two global figures in Ronaldo and Lebron. They will live just fine with or without KD
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Ua sucks so bad....hope he stays with Nike....
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hell, i LOVE Nike. its pretty much all ive worn all my life. shoes and clothing wise.
if reebok or adidas somehow came up to me and say here, we will give you 250k a year and all the clothing and shoe you want but you can wear anything nike. guess what? im taking that deal
You're so funny.
It was you arguing that KD would never leave Nike to go to a company like UA, because no one could make KD richer than Nike.
Nike is greedy and gives 0 damns about it's endorsed athletes, probably other than Mike and Bron.
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My Predictions:
KD walks and takes the 30M/yr
UA regrets the deal when the basketball revenue doesn't dramatically increase
Nike replaces KD sig with James Harden (i.e. upcoming West Conf. player & KD's close friend)
KD walks and takes the 30M/yr
UA regrets the deal when the basketball revenue doesn't dramatically increase
Nike replaces KD sig with James Harden (i.e. upcoming West Conf. player & KD's close friend)
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If Nike grossed $175mil, payed KD 10mil salary, 3mil in bonus, that's $162mill, take out 40%(I'm guessing ) for overhead and advertisement. That's 70 million to the bottom line for 2013.
This is going up for 2014-15. Should make them 100mil plus,
You think they are letting him walk and not caring, nah
This is going up for 2014-15. Should make them 100mil plus,
You think they are letting him walk and not caring, nah
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I won't doubt that it's kind of silly to assume that Nike is rigging NBA finals in favor for their athletes but I do find it more than just a coincidence that the 3 best NBA players are Nike endorsed athletes and were signed to Nike before they became "the best"....or maybe Nike has just been lucky with athletes since Michael Jordan. Even Nike's b-ball athletes who haven't seen rings saw NBA finals. Barkley, Payton, Hardaway.
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The lil ****** in my city wear it on some chill ****...like the tee's or hoodies if they chillin on the block or something...nobody still wears the shoes though, unless you playing a game
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They don't through, they have plenty of other athletes including the 2 most popular in Kobe and Bron still there and other guys who's play and increasing popularity will enable them to slide right into that void.
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Nike and UA trade KD for steph curry...
Steph with a Nike contract...I wanna rock some Hot Curry's
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