Deandre Ayton has agreed to a four-year endorsement deal with Puma.

Puma has been out of the basketball landscape for 20 years since signing Vince Carter in 1998.

"Puma is pretty popular in the Bahamas," Ayton said. "I've always seen the brand growing up. [Bolt] is one of the first people I saw with the brand. It's important to me that someone I identify with and admire as an athlete is with the same brand."

While other brands pitched Ayton with their own multiyear endorsement offers, it was the ability to create his own path alongside the relaunch of Puma's basketball category that most appealed to him.

"As I've been in the States, I've seen what they do with entertainers and always liked that," Ayton said. "I see someone like Rihanna recently -- who is a lot like me, we have a similar background -- and she's putting her stamp on the brand. That's something that appeals to me from a creative side. Eventually I want to be a part of bringing this new style of Puma to my people."