Classless Nike exec uses Rose injury as marketing opp

[Jan_Sobieski]

nike has over 700 factories in over 40 countries.

and none in the usa.

Adidas has factories in Philadelphia and West Lawn, Pennsylvania; South El Monte and Santa Ana, California; Fayetteville, North Carolina; and Medley, Florida.

Damn , did not know that about Adidas

[Bravely Done]

Nah he wont get fired he will get a slap on the wrist. He is the main designer behind the lebron shoes line up which is like the most popular basketball shoe behind jordans.

But I do have a feeling karma will get to nike.

LeBrons shoes, like Jordans, were never bought because of their designs. Fire him and let an intern make those shoes and slap LeBrons name on them and you have a top selling shoe regardless.

Jordan's were purchased for their design, and if Tinker Hatfield hadn't created a stellar design for the AJ III, MJ would have signed with another shoe manufacturer after his initial contract.

[Sedale Threatt]

People would have worn cereal boxes on their feet if they had Jordan's name on them.

[bigpimpatl]

nike has over 700 factories in over 40 countries.

and none in the usa.

Adidas has factories in Philadelphia and West Lawn, Pennsylvania; South El Monte and Santa Ana, California; Fayetteville, North Carolina; and Medley, Florida.

nike doesn't own any factories (neither does Adidas). They contract the work out to the factories.

and, 2/3rds of their suppliers are in asia

http://www.adidas-group.com/en/sustaina ... fault.aspx

where did you even get that info?

[Motivated-Baron]

Jason Petrie is LeBron's shoe designer.. He's not getting fired.

Also, the quality and technology of LeBron's sneakers >>>> Rose's "weightless" sneaker. Common sense.

[Cavsfan9000]

It is just sad and Karma will come back bite Nike hard. It is also funny to hear that consider Step Curry sprain his ankle like 6 times this season when he wear Nike shoes.

if all the slave labor combined with the ridiculous prices doesn't create negative karma I don't know what will.

Adidas has faced the same Phillipines/Indonesian etc sweatshop charges that Nike has. Lets not pretend they are a classy humanitarian company.

which could lead to an interesting discussion of whether the workers those countries would or would not be worse off without those companies being there..always an interesting debate in business classes

hahaha

[Jase]

Classless comment, regardless of people's preferences. I like Nike, but objectively, this was overstepping decency.

[KembaWalker]

It is just sad and Karma will come back bite Nike hard. It is also funny to hear that consider Step Curry sprain his ankle like 6 times this season when he wear Nike shoes.

if all the slave labor combined with the ridiculous prices doesn't create negative karma I don't know what will.

Adidas has faced the same Phillipines/Indonesian etc sweatshop charges that Nike has. Lets not pretend they are a classy humanitarian company.

which could lead to an interesting discussion of whether the workers those countries would or would not be worse off without those companies being there..always an interesting debate in business classes

hahaha

why laughing? too cool for school?

[OrlChamps2030]

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[jl342323]

nike has over 700 factories in over 40 countries.

and none in the usa.

Adidas has factories in Philadelphia and West Lawn, Pennsylvania; South El Monte and Santa Ana, California; Fayetteville, North Carolina; and Medley, Florida.

nike doesn't own any factories (neither does Adidas). They contract the work out to the factories.

and, 2/3rds of their suppliers are in asia

http://www.adidas-group.com/en/sustaina ... fault.aspx

where did you even get that info?

i meant to say nike has no shoe contract factories in the usa. im sure they have factories here that work with them making other apparels.

i googled adidas shoe factories in usa and got this result.

[qm22]

The Nike guy said the exact same thing Charles Barkley said about Grant hill-that he was only injured because of wearing the Filas he endorsed.

[ikidunot]

That was in very poor taste.

Nike refused to give Rose a contract when he came into the league. They said he wasn't marketable enough, When Rose won MVP, Nike Chairman actually came out and said he was wrong about Rose.

[GreenDreamer]

This whole thing reminds me of the Dudley Moore movie, Crazy People. He's an ad exec who freaks out, and the whole thing revolves around the ads he comes up with are a marketing phenomenon.

"Porsche: It's a little too small to get laid in, but you'll get laid the minute you get out."

"Metamucil: It helps you go to the toilet. If you don't use it, you'll get cancer and die."


Now it is just happening in real life

"Nike: Use our sneakers or blow your knees out. It's your choice, sucka."

[AVERYbigmistake]

The guy is right though. Rose's shoes are STRAIGHT TRASH.

[Copperhead]

It's crazy for a guy, who is supposed to be a professional, to say something like that.

[CROSS+]

Also, the quality and technology of LeBron's sneakers >>>> Rose's "weightless" sneaker. Common sense.

Haha, really?

Technology?

These are mass-produced shoes that are made in borderline 3rd world sweatshops and not highly sensitive microprocessors produced in uber-sterile hightech factories that could be destroyed by one single grain of dust.

All this technology talk, when it comes to basketball shoes, is pure marketing. Watching these commercial that stress the 'technology' inside basketball shoes make it seem that it is harder to manufacture a sneaker than it is to build a rocket.

Adidas shoes are as responsible for Rose's injury as Nike shoes are for Greg Oden's or Brandon Roy's.

Heck, players were playing in Chuck Taylors not too long ago without blowing out their knee's every other game.

[Cavsfan9000]

Also, the quality and technology of LeBron's sneakers >>>> Rose's "weightless" sneaker. Common sense.

Haha, really?

Technology?

These are mass-produced shoes that are made in borderline 3rd world sweatshops and not highly sensitive microprocessors produced in uber-sterile hightech factories that could be destroyed by one single grain of dust.

All this technology talk, when it comes to basketball shoes, is pure marketing. Watching these commercial that stress the 'technology' inside basketball shoes make it seem that it is harder to manufacture a sneaker than it is to build a rocket.

Adidas shoes are as responsible for Rose's injury as Nike shoes are for Greg Oden's or Brandon Roy's.

Basketball shoes have been the new snake oil for the last 20 some odd years. I cringe when I see certain types of discussions about them on here.

[Mamba Venom]

Drose and d12 don't wear Nike

Nike is trolling like crazy

Nike is so happy because the heat have the easiest road to the finals in nba history w rose and d12 out.
And the only teams that can stop the heat in the west all wear Nike

Nike and the heat are karma proof

[VCRJKidd15]

Really OP you want this guy fired because he made a comment in a country that allows freedom a speech? Makes sense....

[GreenHat]

Love that the ESPN headline is "Lebron's Nike Designer Jeers Rose After Injury"