A shoe in China & dedicating courts

Hi! Jason means that Steve Nash has a deal with a shoe company in China. He appears in ads for the shoe, and it might even be named the “Nash,” or something like that. It’s common for star athletes to “have” shoes with different companies. For instance, LeBron James has a shoe with Nike, the “LeBron.” This is how we say that they have a deal with a particular shoe company and have a shoe named after them.

In the second sentence, “dedicate” means devote something to someone. Steve Nash payed for courts to be built and he dedicated, or devoted, them to some poor people in rural China. It’s just another way of saying he made or built them for those people. “Dedicate” is commonly used like this when talking about building something for charity purposes.

Amy