Article: China's sportswear giant Li-Ning signs NBA's Damon Jones

China's sportswear giant Li-Ning signs NBA's Damon Jones

BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese leading sportswear brand Li- Ning signed a two-year contract with Cleveland Cavaliers' guard Damon Jones of the National Basketball Association, the company announced here on Tuesday.

Li-Ning becomes the first Chinese sportswear company to sign a current American player of the NBA. China's brand Athletics signed former Houston Rockets and Portland Trailblazers legend Clyder Drexler in 2005.

The agreement was inked on Monday at Cleveland, Ohio. Details are not disclosed.

Jones, 29, is one of the leading outside shooters in the NBA, averaging .432 from behind the arc last season with the Miami ...

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