Former pro basketball player Mario Kasun is raising eyebrows following claims he made about NBA champion Kevin Garnett being racist toward white athletes.
During the June 26 episode of the “Jao Mile Podcast,” the Croatian pro-baller shared details of his encounters with Garnett, admitting that, at one point, he idolized the former NBA star.
“I came before the game and asked him, ‘KG, can you sign up my shoes.’ Because I wear Adidas, and he wore Adidas that season,’ said Kasun. ‘I go in the game in his retro model of shoes, I like to play in retro shoes. And he told me, ‘Kid, go away, take off those shoes, you don’t have my permit to wear my shoes.”
Garnett inked deals with Nike, And1, and then Adidas during his playing career. Nike released three shoes when Garnett was signed to the company before he made the leap to And1. His relationship with And1 came to an abrupt end in 2003 after he made controversial comments during a commercial shoot. But all those fences appeared to be mended by 2018, when Slam reported that Garnett returned to And1 as a creative director and global ambassador.
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