Jaylen Brown is the only player in the NBA hoopin’ in his own shoe. Not a signature sneaker backed by some major company, but a shoe he designed for a sneaker company he owns.
With so many Black sports journalists, media personalities, and former players on television as pundits, you would think they would talk about it. With so many current and former players with podcast pushing “player empowerment,” you would think this kind of autonomy and independence would be something they would champion and promote. But the silence has been loud.
No matter how many Americans say they are struggling right now, cant find work, cant save money, rent is too high, groceries are too high, gas is too high, they are gonna always find a way to be consumers anyway.