From spraying $23K worth of champagne in Vegas, to never wearing a shirt and getting reprimanded for it by the President, it is very clear to see that J.R. Smith is living the dream. The Cavs guard is also selling a T-shirt of his shirtless, tattooed upper body, which will be on sale at his soon-to-be-opened lifestyle store in his hometown of Millstone Township, New Jersey.
Smith's Team Swish store will be a lifestyle/sneaker store and has always been a dream of his to own. From Smith's conversation with the NBPA's Jared Zwerling:
Now, starting with a vision that father and son had together years ago, Smith will be opening his own Team Swish lifestyle store, which is slated for the end of the month. The store, which Earl himself began building five years ago, features apparel, footwear and accessories, one of which is Smith's upcoming signature backpack with Sprayground.
"The store is very special," Earl told the NBPA. "It's a long time coming. It's been 15 years since I've been working on this project here. And then with J.R. winning a championship, everything came full circle."
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While I had been working on it for a while, it was just the matter of when was the right time. So it just so happens now it is, with the championship, to open my own sneaker store in my hometown of Millstone Township, N.J.
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Ever since I was a kid, I always dreamed of having my own sneaker store. When I was growing up, this was when Michael Jordan was in the prime of everything. So a fresh pair of kicks was always everything. No matter what else you had on, if you had a fresh pair of sneakers on, you were always the freshest guy in school--no matter what your pants looked like, no matter what your shirt looked like, hat, whatever. It was always about the shoes, so I got attached extremely early.
Smith's career has been a roller coaster of sorts, with far more downs than ups. But ever since he joined the Cavs two years ago, Smith seems to have finally matured both as a player and a person. And it will all likely pay off even more for Smith, once he signs a new contract this summer.
