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:
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.
Credit: SagerFoundation
Credit: SagerFoundation
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