RE: Bill Self is friends with the top dog at Adidas

Posted on: October 2, 2017 at 11:32:51 CT

"In 2011, every member of the national top five was a Nike player, and they all ended up at Nike-sponsored colleges, including Kentucky's Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Marquis Teague."

Those 3 went on to sign Nike deals post college, or a Jordan Brand, a division of Nike.

Or further example re: UK players:
Brandon Knight - club, college, pro = Nike
Terrence Jones - club, college, pro = Nike
Doron Lamb - club, college, pro = Nike
A. Davis - club, college, pro = Nike
M. Teague - club, college = Nike; pro = Addidas
MKG - club, college, pro = Nike
Poythress - club, college = Nike; pro = n/a
WCS - club, college = Nike; pro = n/a
Archie Goodwin - club, college, pro = Nike
Julius Randle - club, college, pro = Nike
Marcus Lee - club, college = Nike; pro = n/a
Dakari Johnson - club, college = Nike; pro = n/a
James Young - club, college, pro = Nike
Harrison Bros - club = UA; college = Nike, pro = n/a
D Hawkins - club = independent, college = Nike, pro = n/a
Derek Willis - club = none; college = Nike; pro = n/a
Karl Towns - club = UA, college, pro = Nike
Trey Lyles - club, college, pro = Nike
Devin Booker - club, college, pro = Nike

If the FBI starts probing into Nike like it seems they might be, I'd be worried as a UK fan. Seems like all of your players are AAU, then college, then pro Nike guys. When it's THAT many of your star players, seems fishy.