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The REAL Reason ESPN Actively Diminishes Harden

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    http://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?id=6357598


    Follow the money. With the departure of Keyshawn Johnson, ESPN is down to 1 employee with a deal with Adidas, while conversely having 15 employees with Nike contracts as of their most recent publishing - as part of their commitment to transparency, which they conveniently stopped doing..


    Maybe it was when Nike CEO Mark Parker joined Disney as part of their board of directors in 2016.

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    **** nike and bspn, harden all the way
     
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    media conspiracy
     
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    As good an explaination as any.
     
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    b****es
     
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    Money for MVP
     
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    THIS JUST IN!

    HARDEN WILL NEVER WIN MVP UNDER ADIDAS
     
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    @Mr. Motiejunas pls confirm so that it will happen:)
     
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    This is actually a pretty good point, nice to see some above average threads these days.
     
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    Steph Curry is with Under Armour and they're all on his *******
     
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    Also, Nike is not renewing their contract with the NBA, so by that same logic are they going to stop showing the NBA on ESPN altogether?
     
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    But Steph is UnderArmor lol.
     
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    And has anyone else noticed who is strangely not in the news much this year vs last, since he left Nike in the Fall

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    "'Obviously I’m going to side with Nike no matter who it is,' he said. “It’s just, it’s family when you talk about Nike, and I’m always on their side no matter what the situation is'"

    -LeBron James
     
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    Nike is taking over all apparel for the NBA next season
     
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    Mark Parker didn't join Disney until halfway through last season.

    Also know that Nike encouraged KD to go there to shut that hype train down. Was spoken about by Ethan Strauss on a TrueHoop pod.

    These top level athletes make more from their shoe deals than they do their teams.

    Also we must keep separate ESPN and non-Disney properties.
     
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    Follow the money! Media Conspiracy!!
     
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    Finally we know the real reason after years of speculation

    5 star thread
     
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