Not the way I understand it... I thought early Nike outsourced their production to onitsuka (precursor to Asics), who then started selling Nike designs under the onitsuka brand name. That was an obvious deal breaker...
I'm getting old, but I think my source for this version was "Bowerman and the Men of Oregon".
Anyone on here a sneakerhead? I been since 2009 and now I see so many random ppl into sneakers covid created a boom in the snkr interest. I have about 45 pairs of jordan, air max, Nikes etc