re: LeBron's top tier agent, Rich Paul, goes after Jordan and his brand

Not sure if you're trying to agree or disagree with what I posted. 2 things are true, what you posted(I also posted) and the fact that half(minimum) J wearers today do not wear them due to anything to do with Jordan other than the name on the shoe. Just a shoe/apparel company. The human is irrelevant to them. Again making what Paul said true. He said half didnt wear Jordan's to be like Mike. Thats true. They wore them because the popular guy in the neighborhood did. Now people wear them due to status pure and simple. Jordan's aren't even attractive footwear. Damn sure not with a suit like those idiots on TV wear.

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Not sure if you're trying to agree or disagree with what I posted. 2 things are true, what you posted(I also posted) and the fact that half(minimum) J wearers today do not wear them due to anything to do with Jordan other than the name on the shoe. Just a shoe/apparel company. The human is irrelevant to them. Again making what Paul said true. He said half didnt wear Jordan's to be like Mike. Thats true. They wore them because the popular guy in the neighborhood did. Now people wear them due to status pure and simple. Jordan's aren't even attractive footwear. Damn sure not with a suit like those idiots on TV wear.

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I think the poster you're replying to has the vibe of thinking that the people who buy Jordans buy it because of MJ's basketball skills. That may have been the case when it started. But it's not the case now. I mean I guess you can say in a roundabout way that if he wasn't good at ball he would never have been able to start this brand and therefore kids these days wouldn't be buying his shoes, but kids these days aren't buying Jordans because of his ball skills, it's just a huge shoe brand now that everyone wants and always wanted since they've been alive.

Louis Vuitton DIED in 1892. MFers are still buying his name brand today and it's still considered a status statement/symbol. No one buying "his" shite these days actually knows who the frick he actually is or was. I agree with you. Jordans are fashion statement now. Young teens today were born well after even his Wizards stint. They never saw him play ball or witnessed his rise from UNC to early riser to the 6 rings. They heard it from their dad and see how sought agter the shoes are, so they want it too.

I will say it leads me to this point someone else posted in this thread

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What this tells me is Lebron's "team" is worried because his career is almost over and they're worried his shoes might not sell as well. Meanwhile Jordans have been selling great even long after he retired.

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I feel like this is very correct. Lebron is about to be done with basketball. Lebron doesn't have the merchandise brand Jordan did when he left. Are kids gonna be buying Lebron anything 30 years after he retires with the fervor they still do for MJ? Only time will tell but his representation team is going to try their hardest to make it so. Kinda their job so hard to be mad at them

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So half of the people wanted to be like Mike, and the other half wanted to be like the people that wanted to be like Mike? Got it.

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No different than women wearing Versace or men buying a Bentley.

A Bentley isn’t objectively better than other luxury cars. In fact in many ways they’re a huge pain in the arse.

But they still get purchased because their intent and purpose isn’t to be better than the competition, its intended to convey the idea that the purchaser is better than their social network and thus of higher value to women and their friends.

I wore converse all stars when I was young because they were considered the best and because they were popular as well. I would imagine that goes for Jordans as well.

But can anyone blame Jordan for capitalizing on his popularity? Sounds like sour grapes.