NBA rumors: Warriors' Draymond Green signing shoe deal with Converse

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Draymond Green reportedly is trading the swoosh for a star. 

Green, a Nike athlete, will sign a shoe deal with Converse, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Tuesday, citing sources.

The Warriors star is staying in the Nike family, however. The Phil Knight-led megacorporation has owned the company that made the Chuck Taylor All-Stars famous since 2003. Green has recently had Converse gear in his locker, according to NBC Sports Bay Area's Logan Murdock. 

Converse relaunched its basketball line in November 2018, signing Phoenix Suns forward Kelly Oubre Jr. to a sponsorship deal then. Chinese national team star Abudushalamu Abudurexiti also is a Converse athlete. 

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Green, 30, is averaging 8.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game this season in the absence of fellow stars Steph Curry and Klay Thompson. Next year marks the start of a four-year contract extension he signed last summer, and that deal has a player option for the 2023-24 season. 

The real question in light of this report is whether or not Converse is paying Green enough to rock a pair of classic Chucks on the court. 

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