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Actually, Adidas did promote Kobe. Commercials, Asia Tours, ads, and the whole deal. The KobeTwo was the stake in the heart for the Kobe/Adidas marriage.
Adidas's Biggest Mistake: Michael Jordan Says It Could Of Been Adidas Not Nike!
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yeah... but dont some of yall think that Jordan HELPED Nike make all that money back in the day to do what they were doing through out the years...Originally Posted by YoungTriz
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@ the thought of MJ on the bus talkin bout welcome to houston BABY!!
Look at this year's playoffs.
Nike goes all out with its LeBron-Kobe puppet campaign.
Dwight Howard make's it to the finals and Adidas doesn't make him a single commercial.
do you think that Nike would be were they are at now without MJ?... would they have been able to do what they wanted to do without MJ bringing in all that extra money?...
yeah... but dont some of yall think that Jordan HELPED Nike make all that money back in the day to do what they were doing through out the years...
do you think that Nike would be were they are at now without MJ?... would they have been able to do what they wanted to do without MJ bringing in all thatextra money?...
Its funny you mention this a few years ago i was talking to a couple of high up the totem pole employees of nike. Make a long story short we argued aboutJordan impact on Nike. And this guy had the nerve to say Nike made Jordan and that they were already on the verge of being a global dominate company beforeJordan came into play. I gave them the
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i know they still kickin themselves for this one
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not saying adidas hasnt had some big names in their lifetime.
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Adidas is wack . Euro shoes sucks
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nope.
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You're absolutely right about them havin the horses. KG, Duncan, T-Mac(when he was hot), and now Rose? they could be making a killing
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Nike mktg>Adidas mktg
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this is OLD news
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None of those guys are marketable.
KG and Duncan are big men and traditionally, big men signature shoes don't fly off shelves. T-Mac has seen better days as we've seen his signaturesget pushed commercially a couple years back but he's nowhere near the player he once was.
Rose doesn't have a marketable personality. Dude is a quiet as a church mouse. When do you ever see this dude crack a smile or joke with a teammate?
Adidas' real potential star is Arenas and they tried to pump money into his shoes but 1) they're aesthetically ugly and 2) this dude stays injured. Kinda hard to campaign a cripple who hasn't seen the court in more than a year.
Adidas has soccer on lockdown so globally, they're doing well.
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old but Still interesting.
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extremely well i believe...
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couldve...wouldve...shouldve
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The Adidas Gil-Zero was a big seller. The Adidas KG 1, that came out in 2004 (the shoes he wore during his MVP season, and T'Wolves playoff run) were a bigseller as well. The T-Mac 1, 2, and 5 were a big seller too.
