We've mentioned it before, but one of the perks of being one of Yao Ming's teammates is that Chinese companies shower you with offers to endorse their product. That's how Shane Battier not only ended up wearing PEAK shoes but also becoming something of a national icon (at least in the Jared Fogle kind of way). From Ross Siler of the Salt Lake Tribune:
Battier said every NBA game broadcast in China goes to break with a Peak commercial starring himself and returns from break with the same commercial a second time.
"I'm much more famous in China than I think I ever was in America, which is kind of cool," Battier said.
