Jaylen Brown says Kobe Bryant inspired him to start his own brand, 741, after turning down nearly $50,000,000 in deals
“I passed on almost $50 million worth of deals in order to start something on my own. Not because I didn't like money, those type of deals didn't work for me. Honestly, where I got the idea was from Kobe, may he rest in peace. Before he passed away, I remember seeing an article come out that Kobe was launching his own brand. He had planned on signing athletes, giving better deals and better percentages. I thought that was dope”
“Also, just going through my own experiences dealing with some major corporations and how they value your creativity, how they value you. I met with every brand in hopes of signing with somebody, and none of them stood out to me. They all kind of approached things the same, and I think it's a little dinosaur. I was looking for the brand of the future, not the brand of the past. I couldn't find it, so I had to start it”
“Intellectual property and that stuff is important because when you get older, when the ball stops, you still want to be able to present your shoes or go back to your neighborhood and do some projects or events. Just because your career stops doesn't mean your influence and your likeness stop. But if somebody owns that, they tell you when you can do what you want to do”
“There are certain older players that I've had conversations with, being a union member, who are extremely upset by the fact that they've had signature lines and the company they were aligned with told them, ‘We're not putting out, you can't put out any more shoes.’ They're frustrated by that”
“Our youth need to hear that frustration. They've seen you at your highest, but they need to see that too because it can help inform their decision making. It might be somebody else in the next generation who wants to start their own business. They might start the next Nike. They might start the next Yeezy”
Jaylen Brown says players should be able to own equity in teams because they help increase the value of NBA franchises
“Players should be able to invest alongside ownership groups and business opportunities. I don't understand why that’s ever been a thing. It's like you’re an athlete and they make it seem like they can control how much wealth or growth that you could actually accumulate. I think that's wrong”
“I also think that any other major corporation, if you work for Apple, Nike or anywhere, if you're a CEO, if you're someone who has been on a board for a large amount of time, you get equity in a company at some point. You are part of it”
“I think athletes should be looked at in the same way. You played for the Celtics for 20 years, you should get a piece of equity because you helped accumulate the growth. That's the part that gets lost in translation. The sweat equity you put in. You get compensated for doing your job, but you don't get compensated for the growth. At major corporations and companies you do, or at least some of the big ones”
@AlexandraLeslie@wpri12 How dare you say he is "Defund the Police"? @PVDMayor@DavidMoralesPVD wants To Keep the Same Amount of Police with a new Police Cadet program in 2027! Just the facts ...
The play here seems to be to pretend David is DSA endorsed with the approval of NYCDSA leadership as a cover. Ryan Grim even claims the campaign is DSA backed which David does not correct.
Jaylen Brown says 60% of NBA players lose most of their wealth because the agency model broken
“I hope I ruffle all the motherfucking feathers. The agency model isn't working. It's a bunch of players going broke when they retire. It's like 60% of players within the first 10 years are losing majority of their wealth after making millions of dollars. Living check to check. You can blame the athlete, maybe they living expenses, but they was 18 or 19 when they came into wealth and the people that represented them didn't help them handle that in no capacity or care to. After they get you and they get in your pocket, they just go get the next one and get in his pocket”
“This is what I'mma stand on. And this could be controversial, but I don't care. If you can't help me at 18 or 19 to maintain my wealth, build a legacy, and keep what I'm earning and be able to influence me on my decision making, you shouldn't be representing me in the first place. Shouldn't even be allowed to walk into my house. But we allow this agency model. They keep coming in and they keep stripping everything and we giving it right back to the same people that was giving it to us in the first place. Giving it right back”
“Something got to change. There's been people taking advantage of these 18, 19 young kids, and nobody says nothing. I think that's a part of the problem where we don't say that and we just allow that to be normalized. No, that shit ain't normal. You get millions of dollars and now you broke. And the people that's representing you can't even pick up the phone now. These people have continued to do that and they're gonna continue to do it because they see it as business and economic opportunity”
I feel like the photo of this Black women surrounded by dozens of masked, anonymous, white nationalists is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
A Morocco fan held up a Palestinian flag and a banner condemning Israel’s killing of Palestinian footballers.
As security violently approached her to take the sign away, the whole crowd erupted into chants of “Free Palestine.”
Egypt’s head coach Hossam Hassan holds up the Palestinian flag after the national football team’s historic win over Australia in the 2026 World Cup.
Egypt triumphed over Australia, winning 4-2 in a penalty shootout and eliminating the Socceroos from the tournament
Hundreds of social media users showered praise on Turkish No 1 Tennis player Zeynep Sonmez for her stance while criticising Wimbledon organisers for "double standards" on Ukraine and Palestine
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Wimbledon 2026: Zeynep Sonmez sports watermelon shock absorber for Palestine
Turkish No 1 says tournament organisers barred her from wearing Palestinian pin despite Ukrainian flag being allowed
They probably hoped she would just quietly wear the dampener without anyone noticing or bringing the public's attention to it.
She announced it out loud so that everybody would know about it. Based!❤️