Whereas A’ja Wilson is dominating the courts within the WNBA, her partnership with Nike is ramping up too, with Nike revealing the brand new signature emblem for the Las Vegas Aces ahead on Saturday.
A’yyyyyyyyy
Cannot match that @_ajawilson22 shine 🪩 Hyped to disclose the A’ emblem.
— Nike Basketball (@nikebasketball) June 22, 2024
The emblem, a stylized “A,” will adorn items in Wilson’s signature assortment, which is ready to drop in 2025. Wilson’s signature shoe can be known as the “A’One.”
Wilson introduced her signature shoe take care of Nike in Could, after a lot hypothesis over why the two-time MVP and two-time Defensive Participant of the 12 months did not have her personal shoe but. The 27-year-old ahead answered the query definitively by posting an image of her sporting a sweatshirt with the phrases “Of Course I Have a Shoe Dot Com” — a web site that lead on to Nike’s press launch.
Wilson is the fourth energetic WNBA participant to signal a shoe take care of Nike, together with Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and Caitlin Clark, who signed a $28 million take care of Nike in April.
With the deal, Wilson can be the first Black girl to get a signature shoe since Candace Parker did it with Adidas in 2010, and the primary Black girl to signal a shoe take care of Nike since Sheryl Swoopes in 2002.
Wilson is having one other dominant season, and is at present main the league in factors and rebounds with 27.8 factors and 11.3 rebounds per sport.
The 2-time WNBA champion is a large draw for Aces followers, who’ve been promoting out Las Vegas house video games in a document method all season. The Aces have struggled greater than anticipated, going 8-6 to this point this season, however lately bounced again with definitive wins over the Seattle Storm and Connecticut Solar this week.
