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Where are the dawgs barking at tonight in Atlanta? Not a cocktail party weekend if I’m not violently hungover tomorrow morning
Insanely jealous of @coach_tags who is spending the weekend at Bandon Dunes with his family, too bad he’s a hack like me
Headed to Atlanta for my last day at the job I’ve had since I was 23, bittersweet for sure and going to miss it but better things to come
Going to be a great weekend barking with the best fans in America at the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party
Do they talk about the time he OD’d on the court at practice during the NBA Finals?
Eleven years before Michael Jordan, Nike gave NBA star Spencer Haywood 10% of the company.
While Haywood was on a road trip, his agent sold the whole 10% stake for $100,000 in cash—just to collect his $10,000 fee.
In the video below, Haywood is asked if he is still friends with the man who sold it. His answer: "Yes."
In 1973, Haywood was 24 and averaging 29 points a game in Seattle. Phil Knight came to him and asked him to wear his new shoe.
Knight didn't have the cash to match Converse. So he offered Haywood stock instead.
"First of all, I was young, too, and I'm thinking: livestock? What are you talking about? Stocks," Haywood says.
Haywood took the stock.
His agent had a problem. An agent gets 10%. Ten percent of stock in a tiny shoe company couldn't pay his bills. Ten percent of $100,000 in cash was $10,000 in his pocket right away.
So the agent kept telling Haywood the shoe would never work. At the time, Nike only made running shoes for Steve Prefontaine. When Haywood ran down the court, defenders stepped on his heel and popped the shoe right off his foot.
Before leaving for a road trip, Haywood gave in.
"I said, 'Okay, man, I give you the power of attorney. Let me just go play. I got to really focus on this game now because this is my chance.'"
When Haywood came back, the stock was gone.
"He had sold that sh*t," Haywood says. "He said, 'Man, I got the cash right here — 100,000.'"
Matt Barnes asks him what that 10% of Nike would be worth.
"It was up around 2.7 billion," Haywood says. "Years ago." At Nike's peak, 10% was worth over $8.6 billion.
The case for the agent: in 1973, Nike was a tiny Oregon running-shoe company, and the shoes literally fell off Haywood's feet during games.
Could you stay friends with a man who cost you $2.7 billion?
One question on the r/cats subreddit and they’re calling me (my fiancée) the worst cat owner of all time for letting the cat go outside
I don’t love Rick Jackson, but he’s our guy for the next 4 years
Get out and vote, it’s your civic duty as an American – at Cumming, GA
Made it on my future niece’s “loves” list for her 10 month facebook post because we let her chew on fireball shooters out of the freezer #FutureUncleOfTheYear
Told my buddy that teaches high school history that he’s sexist if he doesn’t have the dream game on in class Thursday
ATL, WE NEED YOU IN @StateFarmArena FOR GAME 6 🅰️
Grab your tickets TODAY at 4 PM ET to witness a must-see GAME 6 of the WNBA FINALS!
Tell a friend to tell a friend, we’re baaaack!
WNBA playing a finals game at noon on a weekday is a bigger setback for the league than any of the race/politics bs that has gone on the past few years
ATL, WE NEED YOU IN @StateFarmArena FOR GAME 6 🅰️
Grab your tickets TODAY at 4 PM ET to witness a must-see GAME 6 of the WNBA FINALS!
Tell a friend to tell a friend, we’re baaaack!
This guy is a fucking genius
Yep, we’re losing this weekend
NEW: Nike has launched a Georgia x Outkast collection🐶
Safety KJ Bolden, CB Ellis Robinson IV, LB Chris Cole, WR Talyn Taylor and TEs Kaiden Prothro and Elyiss Williams have inked NIL deals.
on3.com/nil/news/nike-launch…
Just finished The Sopranos for the second time and already can’t wait to restart it
Fiancée was not a big fan of the ending
