Nike and WNBA star A’ja Wilson have agreed to a profitable contract extension, in response to a report on Tuesday.
The Beaverton-based attire and shoe giants and the three-time MVP have signed a six-year extension that’s “one of many richest shoe offers for a ladies’s basketball participant,” in response to ESPN’s Shams Charania and Alexa Philippou.
Report of the deal comes only a few months after Wilson introduced in Might she could be launching a signature shoe with Nike. The “A-One” is predicted to be launched within the spring to coincide with the 2025 WNBA season.
In keeping with the report, Wilson’s deal ranks among the many highest-paid present endorsements within the sport, becoming a member of Caitlin Clark, the WNBA’s No. 1 decide within the draft, USC’s JuJu Watkins and the New York Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu. Clark reportedly signed an eight-year,$28 million cope with Nike.
Wilson, 28, is a two-time WNBA champion and helped the U.S. ladies’s Olympic basketball group seize the gold medal on the 2024 Paris Olympics. She averaged a career-high 26.9 factors and 11.9 assists for the Las Vegas Aces profitable her third MVP award final season. Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie, and Lauren Jackson are the one different gamers to win three MVP awards in league historical past.
