{"id":692281,"date":"2026-04-01T17:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/692281\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T17:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:27:21","slug":"the-cleveland-cavaliers-center-his-perfectly-curated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/692281\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Cavaliers center \u2014 his perfectly curated \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jarrett Allen needs your help. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7110836\/2026\/04\/01\/nba-sneaker-heads-culture\/?source=emp_shared_article&amp;unlocked_article_code=1.XlA.QYDX.Mx5kurek4-Xt&amp;smid=ta-ios-share\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Cleveland Cavaliers center \u2014 his perfectly curated afro kept neat inside a headband, looking like a blast from basketball\u2019s past \u2014 came into the NBA in 2017 after being drafted by the Brooklyn Nets. With him, Allen brought the Kyrie 3, the third installment of Kyrie Irving\u2019s signature Nike shoe released in 2016. The specific pair Allen wears is black and white. Clean. Professional;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Cleveland Cavaliers center \u2014 his perfectly curated afro kept neat inside a headband, looking like a blast from basketball\u2019s past \u2014 came into the NBA in 2017 after being drafted by the Brooklyn Nets. With him, Allen brought the Kyrie 3, the third installment of Kyrie Irving\u2019s signature Nike shoe released in 2016. The specific pair Allen wears is black and white. Clean. Professional&quot;}\" class=\"link \">The Cleveland Cavaliers center \u2014 his perfectly curated afro kept neat inside a headband, looking like a blast from basketball\u2019s past \u2014 came into the NBA in 2017 after being drafted by the Brooklyn Nets. With him, Allen brought the Kyrie 3, the third installment of Kyrie Irving\u2019s signature Nike shoe released in 2016. The specific pair Allen wears is black and white. Clean. Professional<\/a>. The shoes and Allen have never separated. It\u2019s a marriage rooted in, as Allen says, comfort and stubbornness. To this day, 620 career games later, including his lone All-Star appearance in 2022, you\u2019ve never seen Allen without those Kyrie 3s, officially named \u201cNike Kyrie 3 TB Black White.\u201d The kicks are part of his work attire, just like the afro and headband.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7110836\/2026\/04\/01\/nba-sneaker-heads-culture\/?source=emp_shared_article&amp;unlocked_article_code=1.XlA.QYDX.Mx5kurek4-Xt&amp;smid=ta-ios-share\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Times;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;New York Times&quot;}\" class=\"link \">New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jarrett Allen needs your help. 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