Adidas has recently paid for billboards around Salt Lake City poking fun at the ongoing controversy about whether Sixers guard Ben Simmons should be eligible for Rookie of the Year consideration.
The billboards simply read: “Rookie?”
The @adidasHoops #Rookie campaign for Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) has invaded Salt Lake City with this large billboard off the I-15S highway. pic.twitter.com/tqS5B0t7oN
— Eric Woodyard (@E_Woodyard) April 27, 2018
T-shirts with that message are also available.
Donovan Mitchell’s shoe company, Utah Jazz fans and national pundits who believe the athletic 21-year-old from Louisville deserves the award aren’t the only ones who discredit Simmons’ eligibility because he’s been in the league for two years.