When we were growing up we only got two pairs of shoes every year. With me, I was lucky because I got three pairs of shoes, the third were basketball shoes: Black Air Force Ones, White Air Force Ones, and boots for the winter.
Iman ShumpertI asked Tyson Chandler who has to customize everything because he's 7-foot-1. He's said, always call a designer. You want to wear certain stuff but people don't make it.
Iman ShumpertI respect them [Amar Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony or Dwyane Wade], but would I dress like them? No.
Iman ShumpertThere's a lot of guys in the NBA that would hire stylists because they know they don't have their own sense of style and they need a little guidance.
Iman ShumpertI like when people do cool stuff that might be a little off-the-wall to anybody else, but they found a way to make it work for that day. I wouldn't recommend that people wear it every day like that, but if you every once in a while just spice it up, I like that. I dare to be different.
Iman Shumpert