ben simmons gets rich even before his official nba debut? with a shoe deal reportedly worth over $100 million

ben simmons has been expected to become one of the league's richest players even before his official nba debut. according to sny, the new player with great potential from louisiana state university is expected to get the first shoe deal in his career. the deal reportedly could be worth more than $100 million. prior to this, lebron james is the only player who sign such a big shoe deal in the rookie season. james signed a $90 million deal with nike as a rookie.

"the number doesn't astonish me, the number's been stagnant since lebron," said former sports marketing executive when talking about simmons' deal. "it would be the new precedent because lebron was the last and [simmons] has the makings in the mind of the nba that he could be a great, great player. so that's basically what they're saying, he's going to get a $100 million deal. i would understand that."

simmons is universally expected to be the best pick in the 2016 nba draft. he managed to have averaging 19.7 coins and 11.9 rebounds in his first season at louisiana state university. fox sports' colin cowherd claims on twitter, saying " @colincowherd: like andrew wiggins, ben simmons has zero bust potential. #herdhere ".

simmons is likely to sign the first shoe deal in his career with nike, because he often participate in tournaments e sponsored by nike. he also shared a pair of lsu-branded lebron xiiis on twitter. his high school coach kevin boyle also works with nike during the summer basketball camps.

at the same time, nike's competitors adidas under armour have also been also working on shoe deals with nba players. adidas signed james harden to a $200 million shoe deal in the summer of 2015. under armour is expecting to sign another super star after a deal with stephen curry. the competition is likely to increase the simmons' price tag in the deal.

ben simmons is able to sign such a large deal even before he joins the nba, which makes fans around the world concern more about whether he can have a good performance in the future. the lakers are likely to get the no. 1 next year. simmons can fill the vacancy in los angeles after bryant's retirement. once he becomes one of the league, his rating in nba 2k17 will become a popular topic that fans and gamers would talk about. he's considered to have at least 80 in rating in nba 2k17 mt. there are also some gamers think a rating of 75 is enough. as one of the world's best news website and buy nba mt coins website, buynba2kmt.com gives him 78 rating. he's still a rookie despite his great potential. talent and effort together are enough to make this $100 million deal worthwhile. let's wait and see if the lakers would like to give up this season's results in order to get him.