D’Angelo Russell spent his Tuesday in Beijing, part of a four-city, seven-day tour of China to promote his brand and specifcally his new signature shoe, the DL0 1, from Li Ning’s “Way of Wade” line. The theme; float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, Muhammad Ali’s great line.
Propelling that marketing butterfly has been a bit of a whirlwind.
The Nets vet is visiting Kunming, Beijing, Changsha and Hong Kong, working basketball clinics: hosting a podcast at a mall ... with a hefty entry fee; attending the Finals of the Chinese Basketball Association all in the marketing his new shoe that is out this week.