{"id":590283,"date":"2018-03-23T15:47:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T19:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=590283"},"modified":"2018-03-23T15:47:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T19:47:39","slug":"lance-stephenson-wants-to-be-this-years-kicks-on-court-champ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/lance-stephenson-wants-to-be-this-years-kicks-on-court-champ\/","title":{"rendered":"Lance Stephenson Wants To Be This Year&#8217;s Kicks On Court Champ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He may have had a shoe mishap the other night but Indiana Pacers swingman <strong>Lance Stephenson<\/strong> believes he should be the &#8220;shoe champion&#8221; of the NBA this season.<\/p>\n<p>Talking to reporters on Wednesday, Stephenson first gave a bit more explanation as to why<a href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/lance-stephenson-balled-so-hard-his-huaraches-came-apart-video\"> his\u00a0<strong>Nike Zoom Huarache 2k4 KB\u00a0<\/strong>came apart<\/a> in Indiana&#8217;s 110-100 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lance Stephenson on his 14-year-old shoes falling apart against the Lakers: &quot;Kobe, don&#39;t get mad at me for wearing your shoe and messing it up. I was told not to wear it and I still wore it.&quot; <br \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pacers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pacers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pelicans?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pelicans<\/a> play tonight on FSI and FSGO. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O6t06PN79h\">pic.twitter.com\/O6t06PN79h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bally Sports Indiana (@BallySportsIN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BallySportsIN\/status\/976606328914243584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They were made in 2004 and weren&#8217;t [supposed] to be played in,&#8221; Stephenson said. &#8220;I took it upon myself because it was such a good shoe. I didn&#8217;t think it was going to break or nothing. Kobe [Bryant], don&#8217;t get mad at me for wearing your shoe and messing it up. I was told not to wear it and I still wore it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stephenson then told reporters that because he has worn so many different and unique sneakers this season, he is hoping that he wins &#8220;shoe champion&#8221; &#8212; or Kicks on Court champion &#8212; of the year. The Pacers forward did acknowledge that he may have difficulty winning this unofficial award as Rockets forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/tag\/p-j-tucker\/\"><strong>P.J. Tucker<\/strong><\/a> will likely claim the honor.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FSIndiana\/status\/975883059269582848\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-dt-explicit-timestamp=\"4:53 PM - Mar 19, 2018\" data-dt-months=\"Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec\" data-dt-am=\"AM\" data-dt-pm=\"PM\" data-dt-now=\"now\" data-dt-s=\"s\" data-dt-m=\"m\" data-dt-h=\"h\" data-dt-second=\"second\" data-dt-seconds=\"seconds\" data-dt-minute=\"minute\" data-dt-minutes=\"minutes\" data-dt-hour=\"hour\" data-dt-hours=\"hours\" data-dt-abbr=\"%{number}%{symbol}\" data-dt-short=\"%{day} %{month}\" data-dt-long=\"%{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"975883059269582848\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard MediaCard--mediaForward cards-multimedia customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 56.2500%\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset\">&#8220;I&#8217;m trying to get shoe champion of the year,&#8221; Stephenson said. &#8220;I try to get all the exclusive shoes and wear them, especially Jordans, they are very comfortable. 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