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A 42-year-old man has been charged with theft of property after allegedly swiping unique sneakers off the entrance porch of Memphis males’s basketball head coach Penny Hardaway’s house on Aug. 8.
Per Megan Fayard of WREG, CBS’ Memphis affiliate, Ronald James is accused of stealing 26 pairs of sneakers. Hardaway beforehand instructed WREG that they had been “one-of-a-kind” Foamposites plus a “household and good friend unique.”
Per a police report obtained by ESPN’s Myron Medcalf, digicam footage confirmed a person with a procuring cart piled with packages touring down an East Memphis road near Hardaway’s house.
Bond has not but been set for James, per WREG.
Medcalf offered extra data on the sneakers.
“Nike’s Foamposite line, made well-known by Hardaway when he starred for the Orlando Magic within the Nineties, continues to be common as we speak. Hardaway and Nike nonetheless have a profitable partnership years after the previous NBA All-Star final performed within the league.
“Final yr, Nike launched the Nike Air Max Penny 1 Lester Center Faculty editions to honor Hardaway’s Memphis center college.”
Hardaway, a four-time All-Star and three-time All-NBA participant, starred for the Orlando Magic within the Nineties, notably serving to lead the group to the 1995 NBA Finals alongside Shaquille O’Neal. He finally performed 14 NBA seasons for the Magic, Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks and Miami Warmth, averaging 15.2 factors, 5.0 assists and 4.5 rebounds per recreation.
Hardaway now coaches Memphis, the place he as soon as starred earlier than leaving for the NBA in 1993. He has led the Tigers since 2018.
