Tuesday, November 16, 2004

more free shoes...and the ball players who love them

We should all be like Fred Jones...

Indiana Pacers guard Fred Jones comes by his shoe fetish honestly. He inherited it from his mother. Traces of his compulsion were evident at an early age.

"I remember in fourth grade, I just had to have (Air Jordans)," said Jones, an Arkansas native who was raised in the Pacific Northwest. "I was blessed enough to be in a family where we could afford them. My mom really understood. She's shoe crazy, too."

Jones doesn't pay for his sneakers anymore. Not the shoes he plays in for the Pacers or the ones he wears for leisure...

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