Mavs star Kyrie Irving gets brutally honest on his status in the sneaker game alongside Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James.
Dallas Mavericks superstar Kyrie Irving shares a championship ring with LeBron James. Together, these two historically took down the Golden State Warriors in 2016 en route to leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to their first-ever franchise title.
The Mavs guard recently came across a random tweet asking who has the highest-selling signature shoe apart from the holy trifecta of MJ, Kobe, and LeBron. Irving could not resist, and he just had to throw in his name out there:
“My signature line made the previous brand I was with over 2.6 Billion in Revenue the past 7 years. I can safely say, I am one of them ones out here in the competitive shoe market, dominating. And not to be arrogant, Go Ask around, the kids that grew up wearing/buying my shoes know, respectfully I am that guy because of the Support WORLDWIDE,” Kyrie wrote in his tweet.
To be fair, he isn’t lying here. I’m not entirely sure about the $2.6 billion he raised for Nike, but the fact still remains that Irving’s signature line with the sportswear giant has got to be one of the most successful sub-brands in the history of sneakers.
Unfortunately, this highly-lucrative partnership came to an end not too long ago. Nike decided to cut ties with Kyrie right at the peak of his anti-Semitic controversy last year. As it turns out, not even $2 billion was enough for Nike to keep the enigmatic point guard on their payroll.
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