Swipa
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Ja Morant is looking like more and more of an idiot and wanna be gangster every day. Nike decided to push him as their feature athlete to spearhead their new generation of signature shoes. It's unconfirmed, but Shannon Sharpe said that his contract with Nike is $200million. With all the controversy around him, I wonder if they're starting to regret it?
Coming back to the relevant star at hand here, De'Aaron 100% should've been a marquee player for Nike. Everyone knows I wasn't the biggest original fan of him, but his speed, quickness, dribbles, and scoring made him instantly one of the most dynamic players to enter the NBA. He came from Kentucky which is the most recognizable Nike school in college. His contract with Nike was only 5 yrs $10million. The only thing he ever got was a color way.
Fast forward to today, Fox is a sneaker free-agent this year. He didn't sign with anyone when his contract expired. We've seen him wear Nike, Under Armor, Converse (under Nike), and a little bit of New Balance. For the AS game, he wore Under Armor shoes. After his incredible season this year, he'll no-longer be a sneaker free-agent. He has literally everything marketers would want. Small market Kings aside (didn't matter with Kyrie or Ja), he's one of the fastest players, extremely dynamic, great scorer, great handles, and very clutch. Off the court, he comes off as an extremely intelligent person with a very high character... complete opposite to Ja. He's also very funny, personable, and extremely likable. I think it's only a matter of time before he gets his big shoe deal assuming things continue to go the way it has.
I wonder with all the Ja stuff happens, if Nike decides to make a big push at him? If I were Fox, I wouldn't go back to them. He should've been their guy as soon as he stepped foot on an NBA court. They let 5 years of his career go down the drain.
Coming back to the relevant star at hand here, De'Aaron 100% should've been a marquee player for Nike. Everyone knows I wasn't the biggest original fan of him, but his speed, quickness, dribbles, and scoring made him instantly one of the most dynamic players to enter the NBA. He came from Kentucky which is the most recognizable Nike school in college. His contract with Nike was only 5 yrs $10million. The only thing he ever got was a color way.
Fast forward to today, Fox is a sneaker free-agent this year. He didn't sign with anyone when his contract expired. We've seen him wear Nike, Under Armor, Converse (under Nike), and a little bit of New Balance. For the AS game, he wore Under Armor shoes. After his incredible season this year, he'll no-longer be a sneaker free-agent. He has literally everything marketers would want. Small market Kings aside (didn't matter with Kyrie or Ja), he's one of the fastest players, extremely dynamic, great scorer, great handles, and very clutch. Off the court, he comes off as an extremely intelligent person with a very high character... complete opposite to Ja. He's also very funny, personable, and extremely likable. I think it's only a matter of time before he gets his big shoe deal assuming things continue to go the way it has.
I wonder with all the Ja stuff happens, if Nike decides to make a big push at him? If I were Fox, I wouldn't go back to them. He should've been their guy as soon as he stepped foot on an NBA court. They let 5 years of his career go down the drain.
De’Aaron Fox: ex-pro basketball player/coach wife in front row with baby every night. Idea of an exciting night appears to be playing CoD with Josh Hart.
Ja Morant: Dad in the front row every night (good). Dad appears to be of the Dadley variety (bad) and tried to fight Shannon Sharpe during a game for some reason (extra bad). Idea of an exciting night appears to either involve flashing a piece or assaulting teenagers. (Flashing red lights)
I think I know who I’d prefer if I were a marketer in the NBA head office.
Ja Morant: Dad in the front row every night (good). Dad appears to be of the Dadley variety (bad) and tried to fight Shannon Sharpe during a game for some reason (extra bad). Idea of an exciting night appears to either involve flashing a piece or assaulting teenagers. (Flashing red lights)
I think I know who I’d prefer if I were a marketer in the NBA head office.
I know this is a Swipa thread and I promise this is related. But I was thinking... Jokic is great and all - but do you think that Sabonis is actually a better paring for our beloved #5? Would you rather have Fox + Jokic or Domas + Fox? With the chemistry Domas is able to have with both him and several of the other guys, to my completely trustworthy and always accurate eye... it sure seems like our Master Chef Monty McNair has cooked up the perfect dish - now just letting it simmer. Maybe add a garnish of one final #3 guy next offseason (or maybe Keegan grows into that borderline all-star type, he's improving daily before our eyes it seems) and there you have it.
I look at this current roster as it's constructed and I just see so much improvement this current squad can do and is doing - as a unit and as individuals. Beautiful basketball is beautiful.
I look at this current roster as it's constructed and I just see so much improvement this current squad can do and is doing - as a unit and as individuals. Beautiful basketball is beautiful.
He’s never been a better player, just the flashier one. And one that runs his mouth a lot more.
Fox has typically outplayed him head to head and is showing he is the superior defensive player.
Ja’s been a better deep shooter, but that‘s about it. Swipa can do everything else Ja can do in terms of using his speed and athleticism to create easy shots and be clutch at the end of games.
But Swipa’s game is better suited for the long term, as Ja is more likely to break down due to the physical hits he takes. Once he loses some of that spring in his step, things aren’t likely to go near as well.
Fox has typically outplayed him head to head and is showing he is the superior defensive player.
Ja’s been a better deep shooter, but that‘s about it. Swipa can do everything else Ja can do in terms of using his speed and athleticism to create easy shots and be clutch at the end of games.
But Swipa’s game is better suited for the long term, as Ja is more likely to break down due to the physical hits he takes. Once he loses some of that spring in his step, things aren’t likely to go near as well.
Thanks for the fact check. Admittedly, I was going off memory and remembering some of Ja’s big games when he was drilling numerous deep shots.
Swipa hasn’t really had a game that I can remember where he was unconscious from 3.
If Ja doesn’t have the edge with his deep shooting, then I can’t think of anything he’s decidedly better at. Swipa is better defensively and as clutch as they come.
Swipa hasn’t really had a game that I can remember where he was unconscious from 3.
If Ja doesn’t have the edge with his deep shooting, then I can’t think of anything he’s decidedly better at. Swipa is better defensively and as clutch as they come.
I say it all the time. Nobody should be surprised at the seemingly amazing things these players do today.
When you’re allowed to take extra steps before, during and after putting the ball on the floor — they should be able to get anywhere on the floor they want.
If the NBA was ever half way serious about enforcing the basic rules of the game WRT dribbling and player movement — half the players considered to be stars wouldn’t be.
I’m not suggesting that players of yesteryear didn’t get away with a lot. They surely did. But for the most part, we didn’t see 3-4 step back jumpers or euro moves in the 90’s and earlier. The euro became popular in the late 90’s and early 2000’s with the likes of Ginobili, but even that move has seriously jumped the shark in terms of what’s allowed today.
Having said that, the “step back“ 3pt jumper most are using nowadays is just downright an embarrassment to the game of basketball. The NBA surely achieved its goal of turning the league into a glorified version of AND1.
And don’t get me started on players shifting and changing their pivot foot on post up moves. Or after receiving a pass and setting their feet.
When you’re allowed to take extra steps before, during and after putting the ball on the floor — they should be able to get anywhere on the floor they want.
If the NBA was ever half way serious about enforcing the basic rules of the game WRT dribbling and player movement — half the players considered to be stars wouldn’t be.
I’m not suggesting that players of yesteryear didn’t get away with a lot. They surely did. But for the most part, we didn’t see 3-4 step back jumpers or euro moves in the 90’s and earlier. The euro became popular in the late 90’s and early 2000’s with the likes of Ginobili, but even that move has seriously jumped the shark in terms of what’s allowed today.
Having said that, the “step back“ 3pt jumper most are using nowadays is just downright an embarrassment to the game of basketball. The NBA surely achieved its goal of turning the league into a glorified version of AND1.
And don’t get me started on players shifting and changing their pivot foot on post up moves. Or after receiving a pass and setting their feet.
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