3rd biggest shoe deal in the league? man i bet KD cannot wait until his shoe deal comes up again.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/blazers/2014/04/14/damian-lillard-agrees-to-new-shoe-deal-with-adidas-portland-trail-blazers-nba/7169799/

Damian Lillard's banner year continued Monday, when the second-year Portland Trail Blazers point guard finalized a new shoe contract with Adidas that is believed to be among the most lucrative of any player in the NBA.

While the exact figures of the eight-year deal were not immediately known, a person with knowledge of the contract said it is smaller only than that of Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose (reportedly $185 million over 13 years with Adidas) and the Miami Heat's LeBron James (reportedly $20 million annually with Nike) among NBA players. If certain incentives are met, the deal could extend to 10 years. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the financial terms are not typically disclosed.

In a news release, Adidas head of global basketball sports marketing Chris Grancio called Lillard "one of the cornerstones of the adidas brand."

The structure of Lillard's previous deal was such that he could opt out and renegotiate at this early juncture of his fasttrack career. Adidas would have had stiff competition if they waited any longer, as their window to have exclusive negotiating rights with his agent, Aaron Goodwin of Goodwin Sports Management, recently ended and Nike as well as the Jordan Brand were known to be very interested in luring Lillard away.

Adidas has endured a trying stretch when it comes to its top NBA talents, with Rose suffering devastating injuries in consecutive campaigns and Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard's star fading during his time with the Los Angeles Lakers last season. Lillard, whose team plays so close to Nike headquarters, will now be featured as the next great perimeter talent with widespread appeal. And with good reason.

Lillard,the Oakland, Calif. native and Weber State product who was drafted sixth overall by the Blazers, has been tremendous from the start. He won Rookie of the Year last season, then became an All-Star for the first time and led Portland to an unexpectedly-strong season (currently 53-28, fifth in the Western Conference) in his second act.

He made the most of All-Star weekend in New Orleans when it came to bettering his personal brand, becoming the first player in league history to take part in five events. Before playing in the game itself, Lillard took part in the slam dunk competition, the three-point contest, the Rising Stars game and the skills challenge. Comcast SportsNet NorthWest first reported that Lillard and Adidas were close to a deal.

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add to that lillard is exciting to watch and has a marketable look 10M a year doesn't sound so ridic

>add to that lillard is exciting to watch and has a marketable
>look 10M a year doesn't sound so ridic


Remember they are trying to sell products, we can't overlook his appearance here. He's very boyish looking, but he also has that intensity & killer instinct.

>Lillard,the Oakland, Calif. native and Weber State product who
>was drafted sixth overall by the Blazers, has been tremendous
>from the start. He won Rookie of the Year last season, then
>became an All-Star for the first time and led Portland to an
>unexpectedly-strong season (currently 53-28, fifth in the
>Western Conference) in his second act.
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>He made the most of All-Star weekend in New Orleans when it
>came to bettering his personal brand, becoming the first
>player in league history to take part in five events. Before
>playing in the game itself, Lillard took part in the slam dunk
>competition, the three-point contest, the Rising Stars game
>and the skills challenge. Comcast SportsNet NorthWest first
>reported that Lillard and Adidas were close to a deal.

sounds like they are locking up a player who is going to be a known star in x amount of years

Not like Portland has a track record of that, though.

they just have to hope he becomes popular enough and the shoes are good enough that it might not matter (ie:rose)

he's only in year 2 as well and when his portland contract expires, even if he stays, it will give him a TON of national attention

Is Anthony Davis still on the shoe-deal market? And do you honestly think Davis would be more marketable than Lillard? You want Slick Rick Rubio to get that cash? Kevin Love, who's never made the playoffs and is about to be in the headlines for abandoning Minnesota?

I mean, it's a bit crazy, but when you look at the landscape of young players who else is there that a shoe company should be eager to get in bed with?

I don't care either way, but that's a lot of money for a dude who hasn't really proved much yet. Shit, had they given Kyrie that money after his second year they'd be kicking themselves now

honestly outside of the major stars with signature shoes and commercials i don't even know who has a shoe deal and who doesn't

does anyone know which sneakers are the paul georges? i saw harden in a sneaker commercial but i couldn't pick his sneaks out of a lineup.....
point being unless u are damn near MVP level (rose,durant,bron) you probably aren't selling a ton of sneaks. so why hate on lillard getting money

But that's a TON of money for someone who hasn't really accomplished much on the court and who the average non-basketball fan couldn't pick out of a lineup.

Could prove to be a wise investment, but young point guards don't always prove to be worth it. Hell, this would've seemed excessive for Derek Rose in his second year, and that was someone with more potential and a larger profile.

>But that's a TON of money for someone who hasn't really
>accomplished much on the court and who the average
>non-basketball fan couldn't pick out of a lineup.
>
>Could prove to be a wise investment, but young point guards
>don't always prove to be worth it. Hell, this would've seemed
>excessive for Derek Rose in his second year, and that was
>someone with more potential and a larger profile.

Let's not get fixated on stats, stats don't sell products. He's much more camera friendly than Derrick Rose.
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>Let's not get fixated on stats, stats don't sell products.
>He's much more camera friendly than Derrick Rose.
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>Lately I've had the strangest feeling.... that you were
>GOOOONNNNEEEE

and has more talent. even blake isnt getting money or signature shoes like that from jordan brand.

to give lillard all this money now without first establishing him as a personal brand within adidas seems kinda dumb. they still need a signature shoe for him, marketing campaign, logo, etc etc. plus most people on the east coast hardly ever see him play. hell i'm not even sure if ive ever heard him talk(im sure he does plenty of post game interviews, i just havent seen them).

they should have built him up slowly like nike did with KD. start with the $90 shoe with lots of colorways and push them hard to young kids. then start raising the technology and the price of his shoes. if adidas comes out with a D-Lil 1.0 shoe this fall for $160 aint nobody buying that.

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yeah, i was making arguments that kyrie was better than this dude.