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a lot of the guys had been wearing the 5s that year. The Jordan 5s with the 23 on the side and the little mesh-looking thing that could reflect, those were probably the best ones to me. Dime: Do you think those are the best perfor- mance-wise too? JJ: Yeah, I enjoy them. When I wore those shoes, that was my first time making an All-Star Game. I would say it probably was the shoes (laughs). Dime: Nowadays, do you actually get all of your shoes from Jordan or do you actually got out and buy some stuff from the stores once in a while? JJ: Every once in a while if I see something I like out in the store, I'll get it. But the ma- jority of my stuff comes from me to the brand. They send them to me. Dime: How many sneakers do you think you have? JJ: Aw man. I couldn't even begin to start. I got over 1,000 pairs of Jordans. Dime: Are you wearing certain pairs off the court and on it? Does Jordan tell you to wear specific ones at different times? JJ: I like wearing a lot of the trunners, es- pecially when training in the offseason or whenever I'm running. I think the brand has definitely been great in making shoes 65 that are accessible to what you're doing, whether it's working out on the court in tennis shoes or running on a track in run- ning shoes or just shoes with style, casual wear, they have boots. The brand definitely went to new heights. Dime: Do you wear a new pair every game or do you give them some more time to grow on you? JJ: I probably wear a different pair every two to three games. After a while I prob- ably give them away or just kinda run them down a little bit. So I just jump into a new pair. Why not? They're free. Dime: What's your car collection like?