Dirk will have plenty of time to work on those promotion deals while he is at home for the summer. He is marketable, but he will never be elite (in that field) unless he becomes a better all around player (a 7 footer has to play down low too) or unless he can win a title but you need a coach to do that.

Tim Duncan could have more endorsements if he wanted. Don’t forget he enjoys his time in the Virgin Islands. In my opinion anyone with shoes that cost $100.00 a pop is getting plenty of commercial
hypehttp://www.pickyourshoes.com/collectible/nike_total_foamposite_wht_blk.htm

I won’t try to say Rampage is a marketed giant. His shoe deal isn’t with Nike. He does not have credit card, car, or other big time money makers coming his way. He may not even have his every own Fathead, but he is a star.

Dirk Nowitzki, for example, was the NBA MVP last year and is a Nike sponsored player but he has no commercial hype whatsoever. The same can go for guys like Tim Duncan. To be an actual star athlete you have to have international appeal, like David Beckham. Rampage has very limited appeal even in his own country (no one pays attention to him like a star athlete, whereas arguments over a Beckham jersey make ESPN), much less worldwide. Rampage can’t even get on a late night talk show couch. He’s got a long, long, long way to go.

If Tim Duncan can’t get play on a national, commercial stage, Rampage Jackson certainly ain’t getting it.