Jayson Tatum And His New Shoes

4/3/23

By: Kyvlynn & Kalynn 

Have you heard of Jayson Tatum? Well, if you have not he is a great basketball player, who plays for the Celtics in the NBA. And recently he has been interested in making shoes while partnering with the Jordan brand. This year he will be releasing his first shoe, on April 5th. When released they will be $120 and will be released in all Nike and Jordan retail stores. They come in multiple kinds including “ zoo”, “St. Louis”, “Barbershop” and “Pink lemonade.” Read Below to learn all about him.

                           Zoo

The first shoe we are talking about is “ Zoo”. The shoes have a black base with red and white details and a gold Air Jordan symbol. Macy Williams says, “I do not like the zoo shoes because the colors and the design does not combine well together.” Kalynn Cross says, “I don’T like the design on the back. The colors look good together but its just the back part.” Zane Powell says, “ The zoo ones the back print is weird and there ugly. There like brick shoes.” Lot’s of people like the zoo shoes but some people think that the patterns don’t look good. Tatum named the shoes zoo in tribute to his son because thats his favorite place to go.

The next shoe is “Blueprint”. The shoes are all blue with white details like blueprints. Also, including an Air jordan symbol. Zane Powell says, “Well from my observations they are unique, they are clean colores.” Macy Williams says, “ I don’t like how the blueprint shoes are all blue and it would look better with more colors mixed in with the blue.” He names the shoe blueprint because of all of the lines that remind him of a blueprint.

    Blueprint 

                    Barbershop

The third shoe is “Barbershop”. They are all brown shoes except having red and blue in the air bubbles. (Red on one shoe, blue on the other). Macy Williams says, “I really like the colors plus the brown looks like the mocha Jordan shoes and I really like those and I don't really like the red being in the place it's in but at the same time it looks drippy.” Zane Powell says, “Brown shoes are a no no for basketball.”

Next is the “St. Louis” shoes. They are all white with blue and red details. Including a Air Jordan symbol near to the back of the shoe.  Macy Williams says, “I really liked the St. Louis ones that were white but I knew they would get dirty fast but I would still buy them.” Zane Powell says, ““Well from my observations they are unique  they are clean colors.” Tatum named this shoe barbershop after his new haircut that he was embarrassed about.

                        St.Louis 

                Pink Lemonade 

Finally The “Pink Lemonade '' shoes. They are pink and blue shoes that kinda look like cotton candy. Macy Williams says, “I really like the color of the pink lemonades it's a really good combination and they clash really well together.: Zane Powell says, “ I like the pink lemonade ones because they are clean and unique.``

                              ABOUT JAYSON TATUM

Jayson Tatum was born March 3rd  of 1998 in St. Louis. He only has one sibling, a brother, named Jaycob Tatum. His parents are Brandy Cole, and Justin Tatum. He is 25 years old standing at 6´8¨. He got into the NBA in 2017 playing for the Boston Celtics, and he still does.

Jayson Tatum is a really good basketball player, he has upped his game since then. Here are his 3 pointers through the years. 

2019-2020 189 3 pointers, 

2020-2021 187 3 pointers, 

2021-2022 230 3 pointers, 

2022-2023 213 3 pointers

Jayson Tatum shooting three 

Jayson Tatum when he played for Duke 

Jayson Tatum played youth basketball, he played for Memphis, and then for college he played at Duke. There were also other famous NBA basketball players that went there too like, Kyrie Irving, Seth Curry, Zion Williamson. They all now play professional ball and are really good at basketball.

Jayson Tatum standing on offense 

Did Jayson Tatum even want to go to Boston?!


¨Ï remember my agent calling me… I had a flight that night to go home, he was like tomorrow…´I need you to pack your bag because you´re flying to Boston.´ I´m like no,

I don't want to go to Boston,¨ he recalled.

CONTRIBUTOR BIO

Kalynn Cross is a sixth grader that loves playing basketball. Her favorite basketball players are Micheal Jordan and Kobe Bryant.

CONTRIBUTOR BIO

KyvLynn is a 11 year old sixth grader. She loves to play volleyball and hang out with her friends.