David Bond, a former high-ranking Adidas executive tasked with recruiting James under the "three stripes" fold, witnessed it all firsthand talking to a 17-year-old LBJ. "On one of our visits to ...
Three hours later, he chose Nike." Adidas and Reebok did their work early. The Three Stripes had their vice president, David Bond, come over and interview James at the latter's own home in his ...