BudTrader Exec is determined to show Lebron the BudTrader experience and ask the new Laker some pointed questions.
SAN DIEGO, CA, July 16– BudTrader CEO Brad McLaughlin is aiming to put on the most exciting party experience imaginable at San Diego Comic-Con International. The cannabis tech entrepreneur will offer $10,000 to anyone who can get NBA superstar Lebron James to attend the BudTrader Nerd headquarters at this weekend’s convention.
In a statement, McLaughlin laid out very clear rules for his reward for LeBron.
“You can’t kidnap him,” says McLaughlin. “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’re going to have to appeal to Lebron in ways other than brute force.”
The second rule proposed by McLaughlin is that LeBron must stay at the BudTrader Nerd headquarters for at least 23 minutes. “Do not pass!” Says McLaughlin, “We want to meet him and see what he’s all about. Is he that interested in 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?’ What we really want to know is, “Are you waiting for time to run out, beating a clock, stuck in this messy LA traffic just like the rest of us, until you can retire and cruise around? Models?” 22 years in the sky bar like all the other retirees in Los Angeles?
Third, McLaughlin says he’ll allow Lebron to “deliver” by showing up to BudTrader’s 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 noblest 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 move. “If Lebron is a Los Angeles Laker now, and a kid from Los Angeles, he needs to know about the In-N-Out Burger, dammit! We’re trying to win the NBA Championship here, people!”
Below, McLaughlin lays out the fourth rule for his LeBron James reward: No smoking LeBron! “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 near us if they think we’re going to kick him out. All we need is for Lebron to test positive for THC.” and getting banned 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 session. The hot girls are probably following him and we don’t want the Championship after-party to be a sausage festival.)”
The BudTrader Nerd venue is slated to be one of the most talked about events at Comic-Con, touting itself 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 network television like TBS,” McLaughlin said. The brand will host daily events like exclusive movie and TV show trailers, video game tournaments (including a showdown between all-female pro gamers), celebrity interviews, and live performances by a mysterious hip-hop star. The entire experience will be broadcast live on television, radio, Twitch and live streaming in collaboration with local and national channels to bring the BudTrader experience to millions of people. McLaughlin says that the events that have been publicly announced so far only represent a fraction of the tricks that BudTrader has up its sleeve to wow attendees of Comic-Con International 2018.
This won’t be the first year that BudTrader has made a scene at Comic-Con. The infamous BudTraders superyacht party of 2017 resulted in his controversial expulsion after just two days. The Budtrader yacht was unceremoniously removed from the harbor in the middle of the night. This caused BudTrader to miss out on its planned big show on Saturday, 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 including the High Times, Times of San Diego, The San Diego Union Tribune, and more than 400 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.
