Sonny Vaccaro
Sonny Vaccaro
John Paul Vincent Vaccarois an American former sports marketing executive...
toys turned
I've got a lot of toys to play with. I just turned 64, and I'm reinventing myself again.
enthusiasm highest kids picked
Patrick's enthusiasm is contagious. He is what you want kids to feel like when they are picked for this kind of event. And the kid can play at the very highest level.
dominant easily man moses since
Greg is easily the most dominant big man since Shaquille O'Neal. And I go all the way back to Moses Malone.
last mean
Going into these last two years, it was Greg and Derrick. I mean he was right there.
cost effort great name wrapped
They want to own everything. They have successfully wrapped up every great name athlete. They have made a concentrated effort to do that, cost be damned.
athlete school years
LeBron james came, and he gets $10 million a year. There was no stigma or blemish, like you have with one-and-done. Now people say, "He's not a student, he's an athlete." Well, of course he's not a student! He's here for one year and he told you he's here for one year, and the school took him with open arms.
nike team shoes
Beginning in 1978, Nike paid coaches to put their shoes on the team.
nike school player
After the NBA and ABA merged, players could come out after high school. Still, there were only a few cases prior to Kevin Garnett coming out in 1995, so Nike and the other companies were only involved in the college game.