{"id":66521,"date":"2015-12-07T21:40:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T02:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=66521"},"modified":"2015-12-07T21:40:15","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T02:40:15","slug":"cavaliers-star-lebron-james-signs-lifetime-business-contract-with-nike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/12\/07\/cavaliers-star-lebron-james-signs-lifetime-business-contract-with-nike\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavaliers star LeBron James signs lifetime business contract with Nike"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_66522\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66522\" style=\"width: 479px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12002238_10153650566583944_9061601141502331888_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-66522 \" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12002238_10153650566583944_9061601141502331888_n.jpg\" alt=\"Cleaveland Cavaliers' LeBron James signs a lifetime contract with one of famous sports apparel, Nike (Photo taken from LeBron James official Facebook fan page)\" width=\"479\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12002238_10153650566583944_9061601141502331888_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12002238_10153650566583944_9061601141502331888_n-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-66522\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cleaveland Cavaliers&#8217; LeBron James signs a lifetime contract with one of famous sports apparel, Nike (Photo taken from LeBron James official Facebook fan page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CLEVELAND &#8211; LeBron James has signed a lifetime contract with Nike.<\/p>\n<p>James has been partnered with the athletic apparel giant since he signed a $90 million contract just before he graduated high school. The NBA star&#8217;s new deal will carry into his retirement once he&#8217;s done playing.<\/p>\n<p>Financial terms were not disclosed. The company signed Oklahoma City&#8217;s Kevin Durant to a 10-year, $300 million contract last summer.<\/p>\n<p>James has a shoe and clothing line with Nike, and his new agreement will expand his brand.<\/p>\n<p>While still playing, James has broadened his business portfolio in recent years. In addition to a production company, he earned $30 million last year when his stakes in headphone maker Beats by Dre were purchased by Apple.<\/p>\n<p>James turns 31 on Dec. 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLEVELAND &#8211; LeBron James has signed a lifetime contract with Nike. James has been partnered with the athletic apparel giant &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":66522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[9230],"class_list":["post-66521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-uploads","mauthors-tom-withers","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}