Former sports marketing agent Sonny Vaccaro joins the Dan Patrick Show and shares how Adidas messed up the signing of a young LeBron James to a sneaker deal before LeBron went on to sign with Nike
@@dagobert1234321 even in football Nike's bigger now, they have Haaland, Mbappe and all the future superstars. Adidas had Messi hanging by a thread. Adidas doesn't understand people the way Nike does
Adidas could have had Kobe and Lebron? The only Adidas basketball shoe I bought was the Kobe space shuttle boat shoes, despite how ugly they were only because they were Kobes. They were actually a good shoe to play in and I rarely sprained my ankles in them. What a monumental misstep they made not keeping Kobe and not getting Lebron.
Pretty unreal that Adidas would repeat the same mistake with LeBron that they made with Michael. Or maybe not. Their brand has been slowly sliding down the tubes for years now. Shows what happens when the corporate suits get involved and figure they can "improve" a no-brainer deal.
Adidas is just not right while picking athletes in usa ... Nike is best in usa whereas outside usa Adidas has one of the best athletes signed around the world ...but man Nike Jordans are still the most iconic sneaker series ever ..even basketball signature shoes of Nike are elite
I believe Lebron was Adidas' biggest mistake not MJ. In 84 basketball sneakers were not that hot, MJ made it with Nike and I think it was the perfect marriage. If MJ went to Adidas and Adidas didn't made the same marketing strategies that Nike did then basketball sneakers may not have became popular. But in the 00's, now that basketball sneaker was already a thing, still Adidas messed-up with LBJ.
Shout out to Sonny. He. Legend He’s the reason Nike matched and signed Jordan, he got tmac and Kobe great deals and the reason Nike matched adidas $100 deal
@@eazyscottie exactly . He had a small Nike deal . But all the companies was going after the black guys . They didn’t even try to sign most white dudes
@@eazyscottiethe old guy told you . They historically screwed up . Look at who’s the ceo and who’s over the company. It’s in Germany bro . The sun don’t shine as much . If RUN DMC didn’t promote adidas. The streets wouldn’t be fucking with them . There would be no adidas’s . We would be wearing AVERIEX 😂
adidas must get the nba internationall players like jokic, doncic, giannis, etc. back when they are not with nike, jordan brand. adidas can dominate the world if they have great consultants. now look at yeezy crumbling. i think they have a curse
@@giovanniwilliams9009 bro it’s the internet… the comment section is for comments Definition of a comment section : “The comments section is a feature on most online blogs, news websites, and other websites in which the publishers invite the audience to comment on the published content”
@@Senseiuchiha00 they F&*( up his sig shoe so bad he paid adidas millions to get off his contract. Man Its no wonder no generational talent goes or stays with them except for Tmac.
To be fair, Adidas tried and had something with DRose until those knees... and Harden, old James back just to flop in Game 7.. So someone at Adidas bet on Rose and Harden, I guess you can't hit them all.
Great players got injured in Nikes, Michael Jordan broke his foot in the Air Jordan 1, Penny, Zion, Pippen etc. the difference is that they all recovered at some point & came back except Penny he was never really the same.
Hater?? Lebron is a good father, good husband,,,doesn't get in trouble with law, don't gamble, signs autograpfor kids at games... always honors his contract(never demanded trades)... umm. Well,,so what's with hater nation?? See, u can't answer
