ESPN is reporting that Lonzo Ball will be the rare first overall pick that doesn’t get a shoe deal, and you won’t believe who’s to blame.

Despite ditching his Big Baller Brand shoes for Nikes at the Las Vegas summer league on Wednesday, Lonzo Ball is not negotiating a sneaker deal with Nike, his father, LaVar, told ESPN’s Darren ...

Lonzo Ball has his own sneaker, but he's open to a shoe deal 'if the price is right' A photographer takes pictures of Lonzo Ball’s sneakers. This is all part of the plan.

Lonzo Ball will be the rare top-3 NBA draft pick who will enter his rookie season without a major shoe endorsement deal, according to a published report on Friday. Nike, Under Armour and Adidas ...

As the spring unfolds and formal shoe-deal meetings begin to take place, two key dates are the league’s draft lottery on May 16 and the NBA draft.

— -- An endorsement deal with Nike, Under Armour or Adidas is not in the cards for Lonzo Ball. Ball's father, LaVar, confirmed that the three shoe and apparel companies informed him they were ...

He also showed the companies a shoe prototype that he hoped would be Lonzo's first shoe. "We've said from the beginning, we aren't looking for an endorsement deal," LaVar told ESPN. "We're looking ...

FILE - In this Saturday, March 4, 2017, file photo, UCLA guard Lonzo Ball, right, walks away after hugging his father, LaVar, following the team’s NCAA college basketball game against Washington State ...

Lonzo Ball‘s first shoe deal is done: he signed with himself. Ball announced his first signature shoe on Thursday, and Big Baller Brand is making it without the help of major shoe companies like ...

Former UCLA star Lonzo Ball chose a more unconventional route deciding on his rookie shoe deal than arguably any other player in NBA history. Earlier today, we pointed out how the Big Baller Brand ...

On Friday, LaVar Ball cost his son a major shoe deal. Three big shoe companies, Nike, Under Armour and Adidas each said they were not interested in signing an endorsement deal with former UCLA ...

— -- An endorsement deal with Nike, Under Armour or Adidas is not in the cards for Lonzo Ball. Ball's father, LaVar, confirmed that the three shoe and apparel companies informed him they were ...