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You can bid on these Craig Sager-designed shoes

The “Sager Strong” Nike sneaker comes with paisley print panels, a seersucker tongue tab and multi-colored laces.

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The “Sager Strong” Nike sneaker comes with paisley print panels, a seersucker tongue tab and multi-colored laces.

By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Oct 24, 2016

The SagerStrong Foundation will auction shoes specially designed by TNT sideline reporter Craig Sager to celebrate the start of the NBA season.

Sager, a longtime Atlanta resident, has been in a years' long battle with leukemia. He reported from the NBA finals last season before undergoing more treatments.

The sneakers fit Sager's unique style with paisley-print panels, a seersucker tongue tab and multicolored laces. The auction on the foundation website will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday and conclude Friday, Nov. 4.

The 100 pairs of Nike iD shoes will be custom-made in the auction winners' sizes at the close of the auction.

The shoes were debuted in a Facebook Live Monday by Bleacher Report:

BR Kicks Exclusive First Look: The Sager Strong Nike iD
Only 100 pairs of the Craig Sager-inspired Nike iD sneakers are up for auction! All proceeds go to the SagerStrong Foundation. Click here to bid: http://ble.ac/2eCDOv5
Posted by Bleacher Report on Monday, October 24, 2016

The is also selling a matching paisley-print T-shirt, with portions of the proceeds supporting the SagerStrong Foundation to aid leukemia research and patients.

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