QUALITY PRODUCE: REEBOK + JOHN WALL = BIG STACKS

Friday, June 11, 2010

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Reebok is apparently ready to smash all rookie endorsement deals by signing John Wall to rep the brand for a reported 25 million dollars. Yahoo sports reported that Wall has signed the deal, the largest ever for a rookie

The deal exceeds what most industry insiders believed even Wall, a spectacular talent, could get in this marketplace. In the declining economy, shoe companies have become more judicious about handing out such big guaranteed deals to rookies. The No. 1 pick in the 2009 NBA draft, the Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin(notes), was reported to have signed for $400,000 annually with Nike. Milwaukee Bucks guard Brandon Jennings(notes) had a more lucrative deal with Under Armour that he signed out of high school, worth approximately $2 million over four years.

Wall himself confirmed it via twitter.com/jimmywa11

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