After Jones Jr. wins dunk contest, he signs shoe deal with puma

[CelticsElite]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28724674/derrick-jones-jr-gets-puma-deal-dunk-contest-win

Rigged for marketing purposes? He was wearing puma shoes during the contest. Wonder why

[Celtics4ever]

Ah, shoes for the gullible, you'll jump higher and play better in my shoes......Haha

[CelticsElite]

Ah, shoes for the gullible, you'll jump higher and play better in my shoes......Haha

this has to be rigged. I never heard of anyone saying they prefer to wear puma shoes. They’ve been aggressive in shoe deals and this would make sense to have the nba rig this for them

[fairweatherfan]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28724674/derrick-jones-jr-gets-puma-deal-dunk-contest-win

Rigged for marketing purposes? He was wearing puma shoes during the contest. Wonder why

Probably because Puma was already trying to sign him and said "hey if you dunk in our shoes and win we'll give you a much better deal"?

Any old heads remember Dee Brown getting a bunch of Reebok ads after very publicly inflating his Pumps in the dunk contest?

[gouki88]

Ah, shoes for the gullible, you'll jump higher and play better in my shoes......Haha

this has to be rigged. I never heard of anyone saying they prefer to wear puma shoes. They’ve been aggressive in shoe deals and this would make sense to have the nba rig this for them

Why would that make any sense?

[nickagneta]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28724674/derrick-jones-jr-gets-puma-deal-dunk-contest-win

Rigged for marketing purposes? He was wearing puma shoes during the contest. Wonder why

Probably because Puma was already trying to sign him and said "hey if you dunk in our shoes and win we'll give you a much better deal"?

Any old heads remember Dee Brown getting a bunch of Reebok ads after very publicly inflating his Pumps in the dunk contest?

Just about to bring up the Dee Brown pumping of sneakers. TP for beating me to it.

[Donoghus]

Ah, shoes for the gullible, you'll jump higher and play better in my shoes......Haha

this has to be rigged. I never heard of anyone saying they prefer to wear puma shoes. They’ve been aggressive in shoe deals and this would make sense to have the nba rig this for them

Why would that make any sense?

Because conspiracy theories are always better than real life.

[fairweatherfan]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28724674/derrick-jones-jr-gets-puma-deal-dunk-contest-win

Rigged for marketing purposes? He was wearing puma shoes during the contest. Wonder why

Probably because Puma was already trying to sign him and said "hey if you dunk in our shoes and win we'll give you a much better deal"?

Any old heads remember Dee Brown getting a bunch of Reebok ads after very publicly inflating his Pumps in the dunk contest?

Just about to bring up the Dee Brown pumping of sneakers. TP for beating me to it.

To be fair I think Dee already had a Pumps deal, he just got a ton more promotion after winning in em.

But yeah, shoe companies have been well aware of the marketing opportunities provided by the Slam Dunk contest for a looooooooooooong time.

[nickagneta]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28724674/derrick-jones-jr-gets-puma-deal-dunk-contest-win

Rigged for marketing purposes? He was wearing puma shoes during the contest. Wonder why

Probably because Puma was already trying to sign him and said "hey if you dunk in our shoes and win we'll give you a much better deal"?

Any old heads remember Dee Brown getting a bunch of Reebok ads after very publicly inflating his Pumps in the dunk contest?

Just about to bring up the Dee Brown pumping of sneakers. TP for beating me to it.

To be fair I think Dee already had a Pumps deal, he just got a ton more promotion after winning in em.

But yeah, shoe companies have been well aware of the marketing opportunities provided by the Slam Dunk contest for a looooooooooooong time.

Shoe companies love dunks. Just look at the Nike Air Jordan logo.

[Tr1boy]

What about AG?