{"id":558861,"date":"2017-10-04T10:35:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T14:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=558861"},"modified":"2017-10-04T10:35:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T14:35:31","slug":"report-cj-mccollum-leave-nike-li-ning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/report-cj-mccollum-leave-nike-li-ning\/","title":{"rendered":"Report \/\/ CJ McCollum to Leave Nike for Li-Ning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shocking many, Dwyane Wade left Jordan Brand to sign with the Chinese sportswear company Li-Ning in 2012. And while it took five years, Wade may have started a trend because Portland Trail Blazers guard <strong>CJ McCollum<\/strong> will reportedly leave Nike to sign with Li-Ning.<\/p>\n<p>According to Blazers beat reporter Casey Holdahl, McCollum will be signing with Li-Ning in the very near future. McCollum even wore Li-Nings in a preseason game against the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CJMcCollum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CJMcCollum<\/a> would join <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thekidet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@thekidet<\/a> as Li Ning athletes on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trailblazers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@trailblazers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Casey Holdahl (@CHold) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CHold\/status\/915368811460575232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As Holdhal notes, McCollum&#8217;s teammate Evan Turner is a Li-Ning athlete and he may have influenced the Trail Blazers star guard&#8217;s decision. However nothing is final as of now and McCollum did wear Nikes in the team&#8217;s open scrimmage on Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Crossover. Spin. Fade. Swish.<\/p>\n<p>Same as it ever was. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rHF9V6ZS4D\">pic.twitter.com\/rHF9V6ZS4D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trailblazers\/status\/914592951707213824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Whether or not McCollum actually signs with Li-Ning remains to be seen. But overall, it does sound like McCollum\u00a0 is leaning towards leaving Nike for the Chinese brand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shocking many, Dwyane Wade left Jordan Brand to sign with the Chinese sportswear company Li-Ning in 2012. 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