{"id":313019,"date":"2013-07-13T12:24:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T17:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=313019"},"modified":"2022-09-16T16:57:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T21:57:16","slug":"pick-your-kick-j-r-smiths-sneaker-preferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/pick-your-kick-j-r-smiths-sneaker-preferences\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick Your Kick: J.R. Smith’s Sneaker Preferences"},"content":{"rendered":"

$18 million can buy a lot of sneakers. J.R. Smith<\/strong>, the NBA’s 6th Man of the Year, now has that in his pocket after officially re-signing with the New York Knicks for three more years. Smith had the best basketball year of his career, averaging a career-high 18.1 ppg, but 2012-13 was also his most impressive Kicks On Court<\/em> season (just check his resume). New York’s swingman brought out everything that worked with Knickerbocker blue and orange from Nike’s latest to retro Jordans, but what are his ultimate favorites?<\/p>\n

We caught up with J.R. Smith to get his picks from some of his most frequent kicks. Click through the following pages to see what the Knicks’ microwave prefers both on and off the court.<\/p>\n J.R. Smith’s shoe closet\n J.R. Smith cleans out his locker\n

Click below to see J.R.’s picks!<\/p>\n

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Air Jordan 11 “Concord” or Air Jordan 11 “Cool Grey”?<\/h3>\n Air Jordan 11 “Concord”\n Air Jordan 11 “Cool Grey”\n

Kick Pick:<\/strong> Air Jordan 11 “Cool Grey”<\/p>\n

JR:<\/strong> \u201cCool Greys. Because anybody can get the ‘Concords,’ but the ‘Cool Greys’ are something special.\u201c<\/p>\n J.R. Smith dunks in the Air Jordan 11 “Cool Grey”\n

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Air Jordan 12s or Air Jordan 10s?<\/h3>\n Air Jordan 12 “Playoffs”\n Air Jordan 10 “Steel”\n

Kick Pick:<\/strong> Air Jordan 12s<\/p>\n

JR:<\/strong> \u201c12s. Always. My favorite Jordan of all time is the 2s, but my favorite pair of the 12s is the ‘Taxis.’ The 12s are comfortable, they just make my foot look smaller, and the 10s are kind of flat.\u201d<\/p>\n J.R. Smith triggers in the Air Jordan 12 “Taxi”\n J.R. Smith shows his Air Jordan 2 tattoo\n

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Nike LeBrons or Nike KDs?<\/h3>\n Nike LeBron 8, 9, 10\n Nike KD series\n

Kick Pick:<\/strong> Nike KDs<\/p>\n

JR:<\/strong> \u201cOverall, I like Durants. The lows (KD IV), to me, are the best shoes to play in, ever! Lebrons, some of them are too heavy, some of them aren\u2019t comfortable enough, so I\u2019ll definitely go with the KDs.\u201d<\/p>\n J.R. Smith works in a Nike Zoom KD IV iD\n

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Nike Kobe 7s or Nike Kobe 8s?<\/h3>\n Nike Kobe 7 “Galaxy”\n Nike Kobe 8 “Extraterrestrial”\n

Kick Pick:<\/strong> Nike Kobe 8s<\/p>\n

JR:<\/strong> \u201cKobe 8s. They\u2019re more comfortable to me, because they\u2019re lower.\u201d<\/p>\n J.R. Smith dunks in the Nike Kobe 8 “Blue Glow”\n

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Nike Air Yeezy or Nike Air Yeezy 2?<\/h3>\n Nike Air Yeezy\n Nike Air Yeezy 2\n

Kick Pick:<\/strong> Nike Air Yeezy 2<\/p>\n

JR:<\/strong> \u201cI like the Yeezy 2s. I like the black ones, with the glow-in-the-dark bottoms; those are crazy. And I\u2019m not really a big fan of high-top shoes. So I like the 2s, because they\u2019re a little bit lower.\u201d<\/p>\n

Snkrs Day:<\/strong> Do you think you will ever wear a Yeezy on-court?<\/p>\n

JR:<\/strong> \u201cNah, nah, I can\u2019t do that. Those are too exclusive man.\u201d<\/p>\n J.R. Smith shows off his Nike Air Yeezy 2\n

Photos via\u00a0Google<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

$24.7 million can buy a lot of sneakers. J.R. Smith, the NBA’s 6th Man of the Year, now has that in his pocket after officially re-signing with the New York Knicks for four more years. Smith had the best basketball year of his career, averaging a career-high 18.1 ppg, but 2012-13 was also his most impressive Kicks On Court season (just check his resume). New York’s swingman brought out everything that worked with Knickerbocker blue and orange from Nike’s latest to retro Jordans, but what are his ultimate favorites?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4655,"featured_media":313226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1207912,618],"tags":[1594],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPick Your Kick: J.R. 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