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Life comes at you fast, man. One minute you’re selling $495 shoes and $50 tees and the next you’re posting up shop outside local volleyball tournaments selling the same items for peanuts.
Big Baller Brand took a huge hit a couple months back when it was made public that BBB co-founder Alan Foster, who once spent time in federal prison for running a Ponzi scheme, defrauded and stole $1.5 million from him. This was the first step in Lonzo distancing himself from the brand his father touts relentlessly. The new Pelicans guard even went as far to cover up his Big Baller Brand tattoo.
The current state of the brand can most aptly be represented by a pair of photos taken over the weekend at a trivial sporting event in Los Angeles:
Big Baller Brand went from selling $50 t shirts to selling them for $5 at local volleyball tournaments 😂 pic.twitter.com/PBdyH1BSFW
— LA Sports Radio (@LASportsRadio) July 14, 2019
A pair of shoes, a hoodie, a t-shirt, and pair of socks for just $100. Shit, what a score. I bet if you threw the kid behind the counter a pack of Skittles he’d hook you up with one of them long sleeve joints too.
How I look after paying $30 + shipping last year pic.twitter.com/K5SWRgnl2L
— Onye ✯🇳🇬 (@KobeBryant_jr) July 15, 2019
I may need to head down to the local men’s league game and cop me some vintage BBB merch. In a decade, that swag will be as in-demand as the DADA Sprewell Spinner kicks.
https://twitter.com/DistinctHype/status/913778940673773568
[h/t Larry Brown Sports]