Shoes, fashion and grain mark PJ Tucker’s journey to Heat | Sports


By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer

MIAMI (AP) – To realize how difficult it was for PJ Tucker to start moving to a new home in Miami, consider all the places in this country where he stores his sneaker collection. Several thousand pairs, some worn, most not, all cherished.

He has so many of them that it’s not easy to remember all the places he kept them.

“I think I have them in six locations,” Tucker said, checking off a list of places he had or currently has a residence. “There is Miami. Houston. Dallas. Milwaukee. LA And Raleigh. Oh, I’m lying. Phoenix too. I forgot Phoenix. So seven or eight places.

The sneaker collection has traveled a lot, as has Tucker.

After helping the Milwaukee Bucks win the NBA Championship last season, the 36-year-old forward is making a fresh start with the Miami Heat. This is his third franchise in 2021 alone, the fifth NBA club of his career, no less than the 13th different professional team from seven different countries he joined along the way. It’s also a place he has wanted to be for years.

“It’s been a long time coming,” Tucker said of his Heat membership. “It made sense. On the trade deadline this year before I was traded to Milwaukee, Miami was at the top of the list. The way they play, the guys, the staff, I knew how I would fit in. I’ve been a Miami fan for quite some time.


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