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Shams Charania, Senior NBA Insider
Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard has agreed to a lifetime contract extension with Adidas, sources instructed ESPN on Wednesday.
As Lillard’s take care of Adidas expired throughout final offseason, his consultant, Aaron Goodwin of Goodwin Sports Management, has been negotiating a brand new take care of firm officers.
Lillard starred alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo to assist lead the Bucks to the NBA Cup championship on Tuesday night time in Las Vegas. Lillard is averaging 25.7 factors, 7.5 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 1.0 steal per recreation this season.
Lillard joins LeBron James and Kevin Durant (Nike) and Stephen Curry (Under Armour/Curry Brand) as energetic NBA gamers with lifetime shoe endorsement contracts. Goodwin additionally negotiated the preliminary Nike offers for James and Durant.
The 34-year-old now will exceed $600 million in profession salaries from his on-court and shoe contracts.
A member of the NBA’s Top 75 biggest record and an eight-time All-Star, Lillard has been a member of Adidas from the second he entered the league in 2012. Lillard, who performed his first 11 seasons with the Trail Blazers, has cemented himself as a staple within the Portland group, and thru Adidas has many initiatives in his second house.
Adidas introduced this yr that it named the gymnasium courtroom on the firm’s headquarters after Lillard.
