AO's Gift

Benjamin Sklar

The Florida Times-Union

Marcell 'DC' Hamilton, 19, from Jacksonville, dunks during the Open Run part of the And 1 Streetball Tour stop in Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday, July 17, 2005. The worn out pair of Air Jordans dangling from the backboard were hung by And 1's Aaron 'AO' Owens after he traded his new And 1 shoes with a contestant during the 2004 Chicago tour stop. Owens told the production crew to never take them down and a year later they still hang.

Benjamin Sklar, "AO's Gift," in POYi Archive, Item #35765, http://archive.poy.org/index.php/items/show/35765 (accessed June 6, 2025).