{"id":404325,"date":"2022-08-27T14:43:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T14:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=404325"},"modified":"2022-08-27T14:43:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T14:43:59","slug":"list-of-nba-players-in-a-contract-with-under-armour-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/list-of-nba-players-in-a-contract-with-under-armour-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"List Of NBA Players In A Contract With &#8220;Under Armour&#8221; Brand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago, it appeared as though Under Armour was ready to compete with Nike in the sales of footwear and clothing.\u00a0Up to the end of August 2015, the company had sales of $1.2 billion, beating Adidas in the process. The company&#8217;s acquisition of Stephen Curry from rivals Nike and subsequent observation of the Warriors guard&#8217;s quick ascension to a championship, which boosted sales of his Under Armour Curry 2 shoe, contributed to the increase in sales.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In 2013, Steph Curry had a breakout season while his 1st contract as a Nike athlete was up for renewal.<\/p>\n<p>He left for Under Armour and since won 2 MVPs and 3 NBA titles.<\/p>\n<p>Why did he leave? In part because Nike gave one of the worst business pitch meetings ever.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the story\ud83e\uddf5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ovil9idfNo\">pic.twitter.com\/ovil9idfNo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrungTPhan\/status\/1535290013339877376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, they were unable to maintain that trend, and in recent years, sales began to decline.<\/p>\n<p>This hasn&#8217;t stopped the business from continuing to sign NBA players and providing them with a more intimate relationship experience than they may receive at either Nike or Adidas.<\/p>\n<p>Curry, on the other hand, has advanced beyond simply being an Under Armour employee and now has his own division. What additional athletes are there on the Under Armour team?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Decentraland have announced that they are partnering with NBA star Stephen Curry and sports apparel brand Under Armour on an undisclosed collaboration <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dMvLeDUWpO\">pic.twitter.com\/dMvLeDUWpO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bloqport (@Bloqport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bloqport\/status\/1472171296901545987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Which NBA players are sponsored by Under Armour?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The two biggest NBA players are Under Armour endorsers: Both Joel Embiid and Stephen Curry.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<caption><strong>NBA players endorsed by Under Armour<\/strong><\/caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"text-align-center\"><strong>Player<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"text-align-center\"><b>Team<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stephen Curry<\/td>\n<td>Golden State Warriors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Joel Embiid<\/td>\n<td>Philadelphia 76ers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mo Bamba<\/td>\n<td>Orlando Magic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Patty Mills<\/td>\n<td>Brooklyn Nets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Emmanuel Mudiay<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bones Hyland<\/td>\n<td>Denver Nuggets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Damion Lee<\/td>\n<td>Phoenix Suns<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Will Barton<\/td>\n<td>Washington Wizards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Which NBA players wear shoes with the Under Armour logo?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Only the top two athletes on Under Armour&#8217;s roster have signature sneakers, as would be expected.<\/p>\n<p>Curry&#8217;s line is currently in its tenth generation, while Embiid unveiled the Embiid One in 2020. There have been leaks of a sneaker that was meant to be the Embiid Two but was never made available in stores.<\/p>\n<p>Curry&#8217;s initial contract with Under Armour dates back to 2013, therefore the company will celebrate a decade of service in 2023.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cleared for takeoff \ud83d\ude80 The best players in the country were flying high in the Chi at UA Next Elite 24. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0zGfyGrEcN\">pic.twitter.com\/0zGfyGrEcN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Under Armour Basketball (@UAbasketball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UAbasketball\/status\/1558265107716706305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Curry Brand is what?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>According to legend, one of the reasons Curry departed Nike in 2013 was partly because he felt undervalued in contrast to some other athletes on the Nike roster. There may also have been a problem with a PowerPoint presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Since that time, both sides have benefited from their collaboration with Under Armour. <a href=\"https:\/\/thesportsrush.com\/nba-news-under-armour-is-risking-14-billion-by-not-promoting-4x-nba-champ-stephen-curry\/\">Curry<\/a> was even given the Michael Jordan treatment by the corporation in 2020 when he received his own section.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Working on excellence. 26 of the nation\u2019s top high school recruits were putting in work with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenCurry30?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Stephencurry30<\/a> at the 7th annual Curry Camp. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5QTEnAazmK\">pic.twitter.com\/5QTEnAazmK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Under Armour (@UnderArmour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnderArmour\/status\/1557768379271942146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With Under Armour&#8217;s performance product innovations supporting each category, Curry Brand includes footwear, apparel, and accessories.<\/p>\n<p>Curry stated at the time, &#8220;Curry Brand is all about doing good in everything that we do.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve tried to live up to it in my own actions, and I believe it&#8217;s something that people can genuinely support regardless of where they are in life or what their aspirations, whether they be sports-related or not. 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The company&#8217;s acquisition of Stephen Curry from rivals Nike and subsequent observation of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":398714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[2867,428,9,2873,2872],"class_list":["post-404325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-contract","tag-joel-embiid","tag-nba","tag-stephan-curry","tag-under-armour"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}