Portland Trail Blazers forward Carmelo Anthony has long been in the shoe game.
P.J. Tucker has long carried the mantle as the NBA's most obsessive sneakerhead.
Somehow, on Tuesday night, Tucker found a way to outdo himself once again.
Ahead of the Milwaukee Bucks matchup against the Charlotte Hornets, the veteran forward arrived at the Spectrum Center rocking a rare pair of Carmelo Anthony āPRFCā Air Jordan 5 PEs.
Even the shoe's namesake was unsure how the ultra-limited kicks ended up on Tucker's feet. The Blazers forward took to Twitter to express his dismay at Tucker's possession of the beautiful orange-and-teal Js. They were exclusively designed for the soccer team Anthony owns, Puerto Rico FC, of the North American Soccer League (NASL).
Bro howā¦š https://t.co/J9zl9dfOHu
ā Carmelo Anthony (@carmeloanthony) April 28, 2021
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In April of 2018, Melo's PRFC shoes surfaced on Flight Club, for the casual price of $9,000. It's unknown how many pairs of the PRFCs there are, but Tucker got his hands on one of the few.
The Blazers forward is a long-time member of Jordan Brand.
Here's Tucker clowning Anthony's drip from their brief stint as teammates with the Houston Rockets in 2018.
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There's no shortage of Tucker sneaker content, if you're looking for inspiration. Here he is sneaker shopping with Complex:
In Feb. 2019, Tucker gave āThe Jumpā an exclusive look into his impressive (to say the least) collection of rare kicks.
Last year, Tucker revealed that he bought an entire house just to store his shoes.
āI bought a crib just to store my shoes. Itās a full house, and itās just shoes.ā
Anthony, raised in Baltimore, is the son of a Puerto Rican father. He founded PRFC in 2016 and played an active fundraising for the island following Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. Perhaps Carmelo will have something up his sleeve in the Blazers' next game to try and match what Tucker did.
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