NBA Player Uses Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT on Sneakers: What Investors Need to Know – Nike (NKE)

One of the most well-known non-fungible token projects to date has attracted a handful of celebrities and athletes as holders. One of the athletes took his monkey to the next level, dressing his shoes at National Basketball Association games.

What happened: Sacramento Kings Guard Tyrese Haliburton wore Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) for their Nov. 3 game against the New Orleans Pelicans.

Haliburton, who is known to have unique shoes and change them with every game, presented a Bored Monkey Yacht Club NFT which he owns as the centerpiece of the shoe design.

Bored Ape # 8409 features pink fur (5% of monkeys have it), baby beanie (2% of monkeys), and sticking out tongue (2%) as some of its unique traits.

I have my guy @ TyHaliburton22 perfect for tonight’s game with these @BoredApeYC Kobe AD. Where are you @joshhart ? ?? pic.twitter.com/PDXqSQG6Q6

– Andrew Lewis (@ andr3wtl) November 4, 2021

The monkey ranks at No. 2189 for the rarity of the collection of 10,000 monkeys. The Ape was acquired five months ago from Pranksy.

Haliburton is one of many NBA players to own a bored monkey and also portrays him as his Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) profile picture.

Haliburton had one of his best performances of the 2021-22 season wearing the Bored Ape sneakers. In the Kings’ first home win of the season, Haliburton had 20 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 steals.

All of the game’s totals were above Haliburton’s season averages, and the game has scored the most points and steals it has had in a game this season.

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Why it’s important: Footwear has garnered a lot of attention on Haliburton and the Bored Ape Yacht Club collection. Many have requested that they be available for people to purchase.

Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors purchased a Bored Ape Yacht Club earlier this year and is an investor and partner of Under Armor Inc (NYSE: UA) (NYSE: UAA). Perhaps Curry could feature his monkey in an iconic Under Armor shoe line in the future.

NBA player Josh Hart recalled Haliburton that despite his monkey appearing on a shoe, Hart has the rarest monkey in the collection. Bored Ape # 8748, owned by Hart, features blue fur (5% of monkeys), rainbow suspenders (1%) and baby beanie (2%), Hart’s Ape has 7 strokes against 6 of Haliburton.

Before I play tonight I just wanna admit my monkey is better than @ TyHaliburton22 #ApeMustKillApe pic.twitter.com/pZfmusTfye

– Josh Hart (@joshhart) November 3, 2021

Ape # 8748 was acquired by Hart less than a month ago and ranks # 379 for rarity among all Bored Apes.

Hart and Curry also feature Apes as profile photos on Twitter. Hart also owns another Bored Ape (# 6703) which he acquired four months ago for 6 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH).

A bored monkey (# 8887) belonging to JJ Lane is Featured on a goalie mask worn by Keith kinkaid of the New York Rangers in the 2021-22 NHL season. The mask will be worn during matches and then auctioned off at the end of the season, with the proceeds going to charity.

“Bored Ape YC # 8887 will be forever immortalized as the first monkey to appear in a professional hockey game! Lane tweeted.

The floor price for the Bored Ape Yacht Club is 32.4 ETH at the time of writing, or roughly $ 149,000.