Endorsement

John Wall’s free agency has ended, shoe sponsorship free agency that is, as Wall has decided to sign a five-year endorsement deal with Adidas. [tweet https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/950066255809138688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] As mentioned by The Vertical, kind of a bizarre scenario for Wall to have left Adidas two years ago and mostly wear Air Jordan’s or Nike’s in the two [...]

Three time NBA champion Lebron James has officially endorsed Hillary Clinton to be the next president of the United States. On Sunday he publicly backed the Democratic nominee in an op-ed for the Akron Business Journal, which he also gave to Business Insider. I support Hillary because she will build on the legacy of my [...]

After news of Dwyane Wade not renewing his Jordan Brand contract to start Brand WADE under Chinese sportswear company Li-Ning shook the internet & sneaker community in late 2012, the hype behind the new signature line fizzled due to a lack of a wide US release of the shoes. At the time of posting, Li-Ning [...]

At the beginning of October before the NBA season started we brought to attention the Anta ‘Team Fearless’ website and pointed out the two open spots next to Kevin Garnett and Luis Scola. With both KG and Scola with Anta sneaker deals and talk of Rajon Rondo leaving Nike for the Chinese brand I remained [...]

Kyrie Irving has improved his level of play every year he has been in the NBA, and entering his third season with the Cleveland Cavaliers, he has enjoyed a success players with double or triple his professional career length have not. One benefit that is granted to elite basketball players is being the face of [...]

January 3, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors New Jersey Nets star point guard Deron Williams this week followed in the footsteps of Blake Griffin and Rajon Rondo in signing an endorsement deal with Redbull. The terms and financials of the deal haven’t been disclosed but we are assuming that since Redbull gives you wings, Williams [...]

December 9, 2008 – Dr. Dime I just read the news that Stephon Marbury was the subject of a fairly elaborate hoax from a couple of guys claiming to be Suisse Bankers who wanted to offer him a hefty endorsement deal and potential contract with the Real Madrid basketball club. Marbury was all over that [...]