{"id":397081,"date":"2014-08-05T12:49:49","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T17:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=397081"},"modified":"2014-08-05T15:33:53","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T20:33:53","slug":"report-kevin-durant-headed-armour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/report-kevin-durant-headed-armour\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Is Kevin Durant Headed to Under Armour?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/tag\/kevin-durant-shoes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kevin Durant<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s Nike contract expired last week, and recently he cancelled a scheduled trip to the brand&#8217;s headquarters where he would have most likely been discussing a new deal. KD is from Maryland. <strong>Under Armour<\/strong> was founded, and is still based, in Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>According to Maryland-based\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/m.bizjournals.com\/baltimore\/news\/2014\/08\/05\/nba-star-kevin-durant-nike-as-under-armour.html?r=full\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Business Journal<\/a>, the two DMV products now have a chance at linking up with an endorsement deal that would pay the reigning NBA MVP $30 million a year. Durant has been a Swoosh shooter since he came into the league after singing a seven-year $60 million deal, but as a sneaker free agent can choose his next endorsement freely. Adding fuel to the fire, UA&#8217;s senior manager of sports marketing <em>Michael McBride<\/em> tweeted while KD was supposed to be at Nike: &#8220;Wish I could tell everyone what is going on today. #Future #GoodPeople #Recruiting #Partnerships&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>According to Forbes, the Thunder star sold around $175 million worth of his signature shoes in 2013 alone, second only to LeBron James&#8217; $300 million. Could Kevin Durant be following King James&#8217; hometown-bound trend? Drop your thoughts in the comment box below, and keep refreshing <strong>Snkrs Day<\/strong> for any future developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Durant&#8216;s Nike contract expired last week, and recently he cancelled a scheduled trip to the brand&#8217;s headquarters where he&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4655,"featured_media":397082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1224791,1225493,1225663],"tags":[1083,1206296,1220196],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Report: Is Kevin Durant Headed to Under Armour? | Snkrs Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Reigning MVP Kevin Durant reportedly skipped a meeting with Nike and is interested in signing with Under Armour. 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