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Last night, Nick Young made the claim that he would’ve been the Sneaker King had he never left Nike during footwear free-agency and signed with The Three Stripes. While an ‘lol’ implied it was a joke, all good jokes contain truth.
Though PJ Tucker holds the Sneaker King title now and wears it super well, Swaggy P is on the Kicks on Court Mount Rushmore right next to him.
From rocking OG Air Jordans as a freshman at USC to sporting Dunks for his rookie year photoshoot, he’s always been a man of the moment. Ahead of his time? That too. Young wasn’t just the first player to rock adidas Yeezys on the hardwood, he was also pointed-toe early when it came to NIKEiDs and constant crate-digging.
This is only the highlights (we looked through it all and had to leave off a few bangers) but peep some of Swaggy P’s greatest Kicks on Court below.
