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Williamson, with his Nike Air Max 95 Femme megawatt personality, above-the-rim game and 3.9 million followers on Instagram, is the rare kind of prospect who can easily Nike Air Max 90 Womens anchor a signature shoe line before he ever plays a game in the NBA. And if he actually lives up to his potential as a pro? You’re talking about a LeBron James-level Adidas NMD Donne marketing force. That game, incidentally, was played at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte where the NBA team owned by Michael Jordan calls Nike Air Zoom Spiridon Femme home. In retrospect, we should have known what was going to happen right then.Duke's Zion Williamson sits on the floor after his Nike shoe blew out on the first possession of a game against Nike Air Presto Dames North Carolina.