Pot CEO offers $10k reward to get Lebron in his Comic-Con booth
BudTrader Exec is determined to show Lebron the BudTrader experience and ask the new Laker a few pointed questions
SAN DIEGO, CA, July 16–BudTrader CEO Brad McLaughlin is aiming to host the most exciting party experience imaginable at San Diego Comic-Con International. The cannabis tech entrepreneur is offering $10,000 to anyone who can get NBA superstar Lebron James to attend the BudTrader Nerd headquarters at the convention this weekend.
In a statement, McLaughlin set out very clear rules for his reward for LeBron.
“You can’t kidnap him,” McLaughlin says. “No, I mean you literally can’t. He’s 6’8″, 300 pounds, has a 40-inch vertical, and is the greatest athlete of our generation. So we will have to appeal to Lebron in ways other than brute force.”
The second rule proposed by McLaughlin is that LeBron must stay in the BudTrader Nerd HQ for at least 23 minutes. “Don’t pass!” says McLaughlin, “We want to meet him and see what he’s all about. Is he that into us? Is he here to win titles? Or is he here to go to Magic Johnson’s ‘how to become a billionaire and own an NBA’ private school What we really want to know is, “Are you waiting for time to run out, beating a clock, stuck in this messy Los Angeles traffic just like the rest of us, until you can retire and browse the models of 22 years at the sky bar like all the other LA retirees?”
Third, McLaughlin says he will allow Lebron to “deliver” by showing up to the BudTrader Comic-Con experience alone. In this case, BudTrader will donate the $10,000 reward to a worthy cause. McLaughlin suggests that LeBron consider putting the money toward what he considers to be “the most noble cause,” hiring an In-N-Out Burger truck to attend the BudTrader experience at San Diego Comic-Con and feeding SoCal attendees. : Lebron’s New Fans The NBA megastar just signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in an incredibly publicized decision. “If Lebron is an LA Laker now, and an LA kid, he needs to know about the In-N-Out Burger, dammit! We’re trying to win the NBA Championship here, people!”
Next, McLaughlin lays out the fourth rule for his LeBron James reward: No LeBron smoking! “It’s not the first time we’ve seen it, at least!” he adds, following up with sound reasoning, “Magic Johnson, the Lakers and his management team won’t let him anywhere near us if they think we’re going to kick him out. All we need is for Lebron to test positive for THC.” and being suspended by the NBA due to BudTrader. I’ve got enough problems right now, so… Don’t smoke King James people! Wait until we win a championship and then we’ll smoke with Lebron, Magic, Shaq, Kobe, Phil Jackson. , Jack Nicholson and Rick Fox (I feel like since Rick Fox is a handsome guy, he would be a good guy to have at the Championship after-party shoot. The hot girls are probably going to follow him and we don’t want the Championship after-party to be a sausage fest.)”
The BudTrader Nerd Headquarters is set to be one of the most talked about events at Comic-Con, being touted as a live streaming experience to rival even the big budget studios and shows. “Our audience is going to be bigger than the total audience of television networks like TBS,” McLaughlin said. The brand will host daily events like exclusive trailers for movies and TV shows, video game tournaments (including a showdown between all-female professional gamers), celebrity interviews and live performances by a mysterious hip-hop star. The entire experience will be broadcast live on TV, radio, Twitch and live streaming in collaboration with local and national channels to bring the BudTrader experience to millions of people. McLaughlin says the events that have been publicly announced so far only represent a fraction of the tricks BudTrader has up its sleeve to wow 2018 Comic-Con International attendees.
This won’t be the first year BudTrader has made a scene at Comic-Con. The infamous BudTraders super yacht party of 2017 resulted in his controversial ouster after just two days. The Budtrader yacht was unceremoniously removed from the harbor in the middle of the night. This caused BudTrader to lose its planned Saturday big show, along with tens of thousands of dollars in losses due to the cancellation. Last year, BudTrader’s presence at Comic-Con was covered by publications like the High Times, Times of San Diego, The San Diego Union Tribune and more than 400 other media outlets.
BudTrader is the largest online cannabis marketplace, with platforms available in all 28 states where cannabis use is legal, as well as Canada and Puerto Rico. With over a million people registered on its platform, BudTrader’s user base rivals that of industry giants Weedmaps and Leafly.