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Re:I stopped advertising and nothing happened by seibelj on Thursday April 07, 2022 @11:56AM (#30946237)
Yeah but if you like Shaq and he tweets “hey this basketball is the best one I tried” then some fraction of his followers will just trust Shaq on the theory he wouldn’t hurt his reputation. Why not buy the Shaq ball?
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Re:I stopped advertising and nothing happened by ipaddr on Thursday April 07, 2022 @12:34PM (#30946809)
Because he hasn't played in years and whatever ball he used was the official nba ball at the time. Most people would buy the official ball not a random ball.

If you are talking shoes then people will buy to be associated with that player.

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Re:I stopped advertising and nothing happened by aaaaaaaaata on Thursday April 07, 2022 @12:02PM (#30946354)
because his last 80 products were kind of shit
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Re:I stopped advertising and nothing happened by WYepQ4dNnG on Thursday April 07, 2022 @01:41PM (#30947845)
Because he ads that basketball because he is being payed to do so.
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