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thehemogoblin- Gone said 01/31, 05:45 PM
If I were starting a shoe company I'd use Chris Paul.

Let's see:

You've got a young player, who's incredibly talented, who's revitalized his franchise. Yeah, you'll say "LeBron's got all of that too."

However, I think that Chris Paul is a much more entertaining player who's more marketable than LeBron.

Paul is averaging 21 points a game, 10.7 assists a game, and leads the league in steals with 2.6, and doing this while averaging 2.6 turnovers a game. Yes, he personally gets the ball back as much as he gives it up.

LeBron kills his team at the charity stripe (10 attempts per game, 70% shooter), from three-point range (4.6 attempts per game, 29.8%), and has the same field goal percentage as Paul, while playing inside much more frequently than CP3.

If you had a shoe company that could spend all of the money they wanted to promote Paul over LeBron, I assure you that the company could promote him and the shoe better than Nike and LeBron do now.

Lastly, the "LeBrons" ad campaign was horrible, when you compare it to what ad campaigns have been run by Nike. They weren't enjoyable, they were a drag to watch on TV. James is just not a photogenic person.

thehemogoblin- Gone said 01/31, 06:42 PM
You honestly expect a point guard to pull down eight rebounds a game? Jason Kidd is the exception, not the rule.

We're talking long term here. What does the three point shot statistics from THE LAST THREE GAMES have to do with anything? There most definitely are momentary fluctuations in statistics from night to night. If I was going to use what happened in the last game, or what'd happen in the next, I'd point out that LeBron has a sprained ankle. What does that have to do with selling the shoes?

Chris Paul may not shoot much better than LeBron from deep, but he tries less than half the time than LeBron does.

LeBron came in the most hyped NBA draft class of all time (rightfully so, looking at LeBron, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade etc.), while Paul came in one of the least hyped classes (Andrew Bogut was the first pick). LeBron started with a publicity head start.

One more reason I took this TD is that there's no way in hell that you'd be able to pry LeBron away from Nike. That's unrealistic, that'd be the same as taking away MJ. Chris Paul isn't associated with a brand, he'd only be advertising YOUR shoe.

Also, Chris Paul is the #1 player in fantasy this year.

thehemogoblin- Gone said 02/01, 09:09 PM
I'm saying that people will forever link him with Nike, the same way that Andre Agassi is forever linked with Nike, even though he played the end of his career wearing Adidas.

No, not being hyped out of college means that he's got more potential to grow than LeBron grows. As Paul grows in stardom, he would take my company with him.

I base his success on him never being regarded as dirty, never being charged with a crime, never calling out his ownership, never being a cancer in the locker room, never having anyone ever saying anything bad about him. He's never going to be receiving negative attention; all of his attention will be received because of his play on the court.

Speaking of his play on the court, his status as the #1 player in fantasy means that he's been the best player in the league this year, and so he will be receiving more attention because of that, bringing more attention to my shoes.

Also, I do expect forwards to get steals. It's not as if he just gets to quit playing defense because he's a small forward. Scottie Pippen was a small forward, that never stopped him from averaging nearly 3 steals a game in 1994-95 and from having the most steals in the playoffs