Ohio State assistant football coach suggests Lonzo Ball's signature shoe rips off his logo

Zach Smith is the wide receivers coach at Ohio State, and he created a logo for the team's receiver corps, dubbed Zone 6.

The logo for Zone 6 bears some resemblance to the logo on Lonzo Ball's new $495 signature shoe, produced by his father LaVar Ball's Big Baller Brand and released Thursday.

Smith is making sure everybody knows that he thinks the ZO2 logo is a rip-off of the Zone 6 logo, as he made clear in a storm of tweets and retweets Thursday night.

S/O to whoever turned my logo into a sleek gold and white version!! #Robbery @Lavarbigballer pic.twitter.com/2LyAoVyr3v
— Zach Smith (@CoachZachSmith) May 5, 2017

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Smith also updated his Twitter bio, which now includes "Designer of Lorenzo Ball's Logo."

Twitter reacts to Lonzo Ball's new $495 signature shoe

In his most recent tweet, Smith said "Some of us have genuine, original work to do."

Did Big Baller Brand steal Zone 6's logo?

Decide for yourself.

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