"John Paul Vaccaro" is an American former sports marketing executive.

Vaccaro is probably best known for his tenure with Nike, Inc., and signed Michael Jordan to his first sneaker deal. Vaccaro left Nike for Adidas, then Reebok.

He founded the ABCD All America Camp, an elite showcase of high school basketball standouts, which ran from 1984 to 2007. It featured future stars Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, Sebastian Telfair, and LeBron James.

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Any time any kids from Chicago [play in all-star games], they've earned their invitation. Illinois is a state that produces great talents.

Greg is easily the most dominant big man since Shaquille O'Neal. And I go all the way back to Moses Malone.

I've got a lot of toys to play with. I just turned 64, and I'm reinventing myself again.

This city is one of the hotbeds for high school talent in the country. It looks like we've found a permanent home.

He's Josh Smith with more personality.

Patrick's enthusiasm is contagious. He is what you want kids to feel like when they are picked for this kind of event. And the kid can play at the very highest level.

We'll have the young kids in our shoes within 18 months. This is a thrill for me. It's like I'm building my own expansion team.

They want to own everything. They have successfully wrapped up every great name athlete. They have made a concentrated effort to do that, cost be damned.

Going into these last two years, it was Greg and Derrick. I mean he was right there.