Sonny Vaccaro
I’d Give Zion A $100 Million Shoe Deal!!
4/4/2019 1:30 PM PDT
EXCLUSIVE
Sonny Vaccaro — a LEGEND in the shoe brand industry — says he’d offer Zion Williamson a $100 MILLION endorsement deal … telling TMZ Sports the Duke star deserves more than what LeBron got out of high school.
“There are particular, singular athletes that can move the needle,” Sonny says … “Zion Williamson has moved the needle before he even became a professional.”
Of course, LBJ currently holds the record for biggest shoe brand contract ever given to an NBA prospect … scoring a $90 million deal from Nike before he took the court for the Cavaliers in 2003.
Sonny — who helped broker the first-ever Michael Jordan-Nike deal back in the day — says he’d have no problems eclipsing that LBJ number for Zion.
“Zion Williamson is known to 14-, 15-, 13-, 60-, 70-, 80-year-old people because of his brilliance, his charismatic presence. That’s why he’s different.”
Seems a lot of people agree … when we got former Blue Devils star Jay Williams out in NYC over a month ago — he said a 9-figure contract for Z wouldn’t surprise him.
Now the only question seems to be … which shoe brand is Zion going to accept all that cash from?!