Nike Names New Building At Headquarters After NBA Star LeBron James

Nike is naming the latest building in its massive worldwide headquarters expansion in honor of LeBron James, the company announced Thursday.

According to Yahoo Sports, the LeBron James Building is the sixth new building added to the Beaverton, Oregon campus since the expansion began in 2015, and will house Nike’s Advanced Innovation team, including its state-of-the-art Sport Research Lab.

The team is comprised of “scientists, designers, engineers and more, collectively focusing on inventing the products and services that make all athletes better,” according to Nike’s announcement.

The 34-year old NBA player has had a 16 year relationship with Nike. He signed his first deal shortly after he was drafted.

LeBron shared his excitement and joy on Instagram.

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🥺Man this is so surreal! When I got the call this was happening I couldn’t believe it! I was literally shedding tears. You guys know where I come from but if you don’t I come from the inner city projects, single mother, only child, and statistics would suggest I would never EVER make it out let alone be alive still to tell you about it. Now I’ll have my own building at the Nike Head World Quarter where my family and I legacy will live on forever. The home of the Advance Innovation team and new state of the art Nike Sports Research Lab! Everything will get made and lab tested in my building! Like WHAT?!?!? THIS IS BEYOND CRAZY I wanna thank Nike once again for taking a chance on a 18 year old kid from Akron, OH. I’m proud to be #SwooshLifeForLife #JamesGang #striveforgreatness

A post shared by LeBron James (@kingjames) on Sep 5, 2019 at 5:46pm PDT

Congratulations, LeBron!