There were rumors last week that Adidas ejected a female referee that LaVar Ball took issue with due to interest in signing his son, Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball, to a shoe deal.
It appears that despite that desire, Lonzo signing with Adidas or any other brand isn’t imminent, with Nick DePaula of ESPN reporting that Lonzo is not “currently negotiating with any brands” about either a signature shoe or the co-branding agreement he and his family were seeking prior to the 2017 NBA Draft.
Lonzo and LaVar opted to forgo the traditional route rookies take of signing with an established shoe brand and instead released Lonzo’s signature sneaker, the ZO2, under their own Big Baller Brand label.