James Harden will join Adidas on a $200 million contract that begins when he reports to training camp in October.
Nike will not match Adidas’ 13-year contract offer to the Houston Rockets All-Star.
Harden joins Team Adidas along with Rockets center Dwight Howard, who anchored the NBA brand along with Bulls point guard Derrick Rose.
Adidas is giving up its uniform deal with the NBA after Nike made a $1 billion bid in June to take over beginning with the 2017-18 season. Adidas replaced Reebok in 2006 but said in March that it would not seek to extend its 11-year, $400 million deal. Unlike during the deals with Reebok and Adidas, Nike’s logo will appear on NBA game jerseys.
Harden signed an $80 million contract extension with Houston in 2012 that goes through the 2017-18 season.
Harden, 25, averaged 27.4 points, 7.0 assists and 5.7 rebounds per game last season, leading the Rockets to the Western Conference’s No. 2 seed behind the NBA champion Golden State Warriors. He finished second behind Golden State’s Stephen Curry in the media MVP voting. Harden won the MVP in the first NBA Players’ Awards, beating out Curry.