I am a Seattle native, when I was younger(8-11 years old) I was one of the Sonics ball-boys and so over the couple years I did that I collected quite a bit of memorabilia.The organization sent a ton of stuff from the season to auctions around the city all of the time and every once in awhile I was fortunate to come away with some of the items. These shoes were going to be put up in a Virginia Mason auction, but before they were my father had purchased them. They have been sitting on my book shelf ever since taking up space because they are so huge.