When it comes to sneakers, you won’t find anyone more calculated than
P.J. Tucker. The Houston Rockets forward managed to bring 91 pairs of
sneakers to Orlando for the NBA’s restart and the collection has already
grown to 110.Get more news about
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“I packed the sneakers in all different ways. I had some sent [to the
bubble] a few weeks before we even left,” says Tucker from the Grand
Floridian on Disney’s campus. “I brought down a bunch of different shoe
bags, boxes and just all types of different things. In the bubble, I get
them shipped to my place—my assistant just takes them all out and puts
them in one big box and sends them to me.”
Tucker recently partnered with eBay to unveil his sneaker loft that is
dedicated to his extensive sneaker collection, which is approaching
5,000 pairs. It was a relationship 15 years in the making, as Tucker
used the site to shop and find some of his favorite sneaker grails. The
loft will give an in-depth look at shoes inspired by his collection and
fans can actually shop for new releases and rare kicks. Tucker says
there was no inspiration behind the loft—he just needed more room to
keep his wife happy.
“It's just about me having space and honestly keeping the shoes away
from my wife's space,” says Tucker. “It doesn't really bother her until
they are in spaces they shouldn't be. Like no one should have shoes on
the table. When there are shoes everywhere, that is the only time she
really gets mad, so this is just to eliminate her from cursing me out.
So that was the inspiration.”
The origins of Tucker’s love for eBay started on the University of Texas
campus when former teammate and current Knicks assistant coach, Royal
Ivey would get shipments of sneakers to his dorm room.
“Royal loves sneakers as well and he would be on eBay shopping. The only
site I used to visit was NikeTalk and I had never really bought shoes. I
had no idea," Tucker says. "He started getting packages and I just saw
the whole process. I was like, Oh wow, and I went and got my first ever
bank card and ever since then, it has been on.”
Tucker, who re-signed a multiyear endorsement deal with Nike in November
after a popular free agency period, opened the NBA restart by wearing a
pair of Fear of God 1 PE’s that he nicknamed “The Air Tuck."
“I pretty much showed a lot of the stuff I brought but I still have a
few surprises people don’t expect me to pull out while I’m here," he
says. "But a lot of my PE’s are going to be worn. I plan on wearing all
of them.”Outside the bubble there have been rumblings that Trae Young
will be the next player up for a signature sneaker. The Atlanta Hawks
star teased an upcoming shoe back in March and is one of Adidas’s most
prized assets. Young will join Donovan Mitchell, James Harden, Damian
Lillard and Derrick Rose on the three-striped signature shoe family.
Joel Embiid and Under Armour announced his signature shoe in January.
but the brand still hasn’t released official images of the Embiid 1. But
what about the guys in the bubble? Does anyone actually have a chance
at a signature shoe in the future? Here is a list of of some candidates
who could be next.
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