Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area. It is the world's leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with revenue in excess of US$18.6 billion in its fiscal year 2008 . As of 2008, it employed more than 30,000 people worldwide. Nike and Precision Castparts are the only Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the state of Oregon, according to The Oregonian.
Temetrius Jamel "Ja" Morant[1] (born August 10, 1999) is an American basketball player who most recently played for the Murray State Racers of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in NCAA Division I. An All-American as a sophomore in 2019, he is widely considered one of the top prospects as a potential top-three pick in the 2019 NBA draft.