Believe it or not, PJ Tucker is still a sneaker free agent.
The reigning and undisputed sneaker king of the NBA has been without a deal since the summer, and it sounds like he's still weighing his options. While it might seem obvious that he would rekindle his relationship with Nike, Tucker tells Sports Illustrated that other brands have come through with tempting pitches.
"Everybody is doing a great job at trying to get their brands going and they all have different ways of getting that across," Tucker told the magazine.
Scroll through for the No. 1 sneaker free agent's thoughts on brands that have courted him and why leaving Nike might not be as hard you'd think.
Believe it or not, PJ Tucker is still a sneaker free agent.
The reigning and undisputed sneaker king of the NBA has been without a deal since the summer, and it sounds like he's still weighing his options. While it might seem obvious that he would rekindle his relationship with Nike, Tucker tells Sports Illustrated that other brands have come through with tempting pitches.
"Everybody is doing a great job at trying to get their brands going and they all have different ways of getting that across," Tucker told the magazine.
Scroll through for the No. 1 sneaker free agent's thoughts on brands that have courted him and why leaving Nike might not be as hard you'd think.
Puma
"With all of the collaborations people are doing with the different models people are coming out with, like Puma, where they only had one basketball shoe last year and now they have three or four. They have bunch of stuff in the pipelines and they do a bunch of stuff with their clothes."
Adidas
"I love old Adidas models, man. All the new Yeezy stuff is dope and all the Pharrell stuff and all that innovative stuff is cool but I like the Stan Smiths. I like the Crazy 8s, I like the Original Pro Models which is a top-five hoop shoe ever. I heard they are coming back this year, so that should be fun."
New Balance
"On court, I wouldn’t even care, just let me rock all of the stuff off of it. I love the NB 999. I think we can create some different colorways and have some fun with that. That silhouette would be crazy. I haven’t tried the hoop shoe, but I heard it’s light and comfortable."
Reebok
"Reebok has their own way. They be doing a lot of different things with artists. They really haven’t been doing basketball, but I don’t really see myself with just basketball with anybody. I know that sounds odd and basketball is fine, but I am more of a lifestyle person."
Nike
"I don’t think [leaving Nike] would be that hard honestly. I think more than anything on court it would be tough because I am just so used to that but lately, I have been trying out a bunch of different brands and they got a bunch of nice products—people being innovative, getting better designers. A lot of them are really comfortable so that aspect matters on court but even off court, a lot of people are getting designers and doing different things as far on the creative side."