The fast-growing e-tailer, which already operates NBAStore.com and the league’s brick-and-mortar stores, will have exclusive rights to make and sell replica jerseys starting next season, while Nike will supply the on-court apparel as it takes over the NBA license from adidas for 2017-18. The Wall Street Journal reported that the deal also includes WNBA and D-league, and that while pricing details have not yet been set, the new replica jerseys will likely be more expensive than those sold by adidas currently.

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