
Watching Stephon Marbury’s “A Kid from Coney Island” doc on Netflix, this topic of the Starbury brand was brought up:
James said Wednesday he would never have a discount line.
“Me being with Nike, we hold our standards high. And we do a great job of putting out great merchandise, great shoes. It does come with a price that is pretty high, but at the same time you’re getting great quality for it.”

Stephon, rightfully, remarked that he would rather own than be owned.
https://nypost.com/2007/03/30/stephon-lebron-in-shoe-war/
Lebron, perhaps in his youthful ignorance and misguided Nike loyalty, torpedoed a black business that was providing quality, basketball sneakers for lower income families.
For what it’s worth, I don’t believe he would make those same statements now.

Check out the documentary out on Netflix now
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