NBA Star Damian Lillard Is So Awkward in New Foot Locker Ad

If you want to be a true sports star, then you'd better put a ring on it.

That's the message in a new ad from Foot Locker and Adidas featuring NBA All-Star Damian Lillard, who just inked a massive, eight-year deal with Adidas. Lillard's deal is believed to be the third-largest shoe contract in the league — behind only Chicago's Derrick Rose and Miami's LeBron James — so the Portland Trail Blazers guard is in good company.

But that doesn't stop the typically smooth Lillard from making some big-time social snafus in the new Foot Locker sport, which you can watch above. Surrounded by sports legends who never got that championship ring, Lillard makes a misstep by saying he wants to avoid becoming "one of those guys who never won a ring," then digs himself into an even deeper hole. The list of stars Lillard offends includes former Utah Jazz power forward Karl Malone and former NFL running back Barry Sanders. Read more...