Sources — WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson, Nike attain 6-year extension

Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson — a three-time WNBA MVP and two-time league champion — is signing a six-year contract extension with Nike in one of many richest shoe offers for a ladies’s basketball participant, sources informed ESPN on Tuesday.

The information comes after Wilson was named to Nike’s roster of signature athletes in May and introduced the launch of her signature shoe, the “A’One,” which will probably be launched in spring 2025 previous to the WNBA season.

Wilson’s new deal ranks among the many highest-paid shoe endorsements within the sport, alongside these of 2024 WNBA No. 1 draft decide Caitlin Clark, USC star JuJu Watkins and Liberty standout Sabrina Ionescu.

Earlier this 12 months, Clark reportedly signed an eight-year contract price effectively over $20 million plus potential bonuses with Nike. Watkins additionally agreed to a multiyear contract extension with the footwear large in October. Ionescu debuted her second signature shoe, which has gained reputation within the NBA, with Nike this spring.

In her seventh WNBA season, Wilson, 28, joined an unique membership of WNBA gamers — together with Lauren Jackson, Sheryl Swoopes and Lisa Leslie — to win MVP 3 times. She was the primary to win the award unanimously since Cynthia Cooper in 1997, the league’s inaugural 12 months.

The former South Carolina nationwide champion broke the league’s single-season scoring and rebounding information in 2024 and have become the primary participant to document 1,000 factors in a single marketing campaign, ending with 1,021 within the common season.

Wilson additionally received her second Olympic gold medal this summer time with USA Basketball, taking residence MVP for that competitors too.