This week on the Complex Sneakers Podcast, co-hosts Joe La Puma, Matt Welty, and Upscale Vandal are joined by legendary sports agent Rich Paul, who's a longtime friend and business partner to LeBron James, to talk about NBA sneaker deals, Steph Curry's sneaker free agency, and his upcoming sneaker release with New Balance. Paul talks about how he used to buy Air Jordans early for over retail, helping Nike and LeBron work on the LeBron 6, 7, and 8, and how he hand-delivered the Watch the Throne LeBron 9s to Jay-Z and Kanye West. He goes to on say that Ja Morant has the best sneaker in the NBA out of younger players and talks about how he signed to New Balance and the release details on his New Balance 2010.
00:00 - Introductions / Remote From Miami 01:21 - State of Sneaker Resell 14:58 - Rich Paul Joins The Show 23:28 - Fashion Memories Growing Up 35:52 - Best Young Athlete Signature Sneaker 46:37 - Watch The Throne LeBron 9 51:47 - Rich’s Thoughts On Steph Curry News 01:04:10 - Rich Paul New Balance 2010 01:08:50 - Rich Gifts Pairs On Set 01:18:30 - Sneaker Cam / Outro
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