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ESPN: Adidas has signed Cleveland Cavaliers draft pick Andrew Wiggins to shoe deal ↗

Andrew Wiggins, the first overall pick of this year's NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers, has signed a shoe endorsement deal with adidas, sources have told ESPN.com.

Sources with knowledge of the signing say the contract is a multiyear deal that comes with a guarantee of at least $2 million annually.

Wiggins wore adidas during his only year of college ball at the University of Kansas.

It's the first No. 1 overall draft pick adidas has signed since signing Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose in 2008.

@bskeet I'm happy he's going w/adidas.

Imagine my (complete lack of) surprise! :-)

In related news:

Night follows day.

Water is wet.

SHOECOS rule! :-)

I'm going to eliminate all the politics and start a barefoot league.

ESPN article ↗

Nowhere near the 175 million falsely projected in the spring in an attempt to get Wiggins/KU in trouble...

@nuleafjhawk Actually, I'm going to start a completely new league - they can still call it the NBA.

N aked
B arefoot
A thletes

Hopefully they'll play a lot of zone...

Take that Nike

Darn, I was hoping for Puma like the 86 hawks....or Pony...

What are the Vegas odds on Embiid signing with Nike? 1 in a Graham Number?

Let's get a bidding war going between adidas and Birkenstock!

Petro vs cork!

"Adidas has a long way to go to catch up to Nike, which owns an astounding 95 percent of the basketball shoe-market share (Jordan: 58 percent; Nike: 37 percent) in the United States, according to market retail tracking firm SportsOneSource. Adidas has a 3 percent share."

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11193663/adidas-signed-cleveland-cavaliers-draft-pick-andrew-wiggins-shoe-deal-according-sources ↗

When I first saw this story, I immediately wished to know how jaybate knew...and I want his thoughts on this upcoming season...and I definitely have a few (several) questions for jaybate before I depart for Vega$...