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Paige Bueckers Blesses UConn Teammates With Nike Buckets Amid Historic Shoe Release

UConn Huskies superstar Paige Bueckers gave her teammates some sweet gifts on behalf of her and Nike.

Grant Young

Nov 20, 2024; Storrs, Connecticut, USA; Connecticut Huskies guard Paige Bueckers (5) dribbles the ball defended by Fairleigh Dickinson Knights guard Abaigeal Babore (13) during the second half at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Mark Smith-Imagn Images
Nov 20, 2024; Storrs, Connecticut, USA; Connecticut Huskies guard Paige Bueckers (5) dribbles the ball defended by Fairleigh Dickinson Knights guard Abaigeal Babore (13) during the second half at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Mark Smith-Imagn Images / Mark Smith-Imagn Images

UConn Huskies superstar Paige Bueckers seems destined to break a lot of records and make much history by the time her basketball career comes to a close.

And this history began on Monday, when it was announced that Bueckers' first Nike PE shoe is getting released later this week. This makes Bueckers the first NIL athlete to get her own Nike PE release, according to Complex Sneakers.

The Nike Kicks X account revealed some details behind Bueckers' Nike G.T. Hustle PE on Monday:

"- Baby blue and lavender purple colorway draws attention to the Radial Knit upper.
"- The area codes for UCONN and Paige’s hometown in Minnesota intersect on the left tongue while an embroidered bucket adorns the right tongue
"- “Bueckers” is replaced with 'buckets' on the right heel.
"- Her father’s personal message, 'Be You, Be Great,' is featured on the left heel."

We can expect Bueckers to be wearing these sweet shoes during UConn's game against Holy Cross on Tuesday.

But Bueckers clearly didn't want to wear her new kicks alone, as a video from the UConn women's basketball's X account showed her gifting her teammates a pair of the new shoes, along with some other Nike and Bueckers-related merchandise.

Perhaps the coolest part of this video is that the shoes and merchandise came in purple and black buckets, which is very fitting for a player nicknamed "Paige Buckets".

UConn also posted a photo showing the buckets in more depth, along with what was included inside.

We can expect to see a lot of baby blue, purple, and white Nike shoes on the court Tuesday night.

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Grant Young
GRANT YOUNG

Grant Young covers Women’s Basketball, the New York Yankees, and the New York Mets for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites. He holds an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco (USF), where he also graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and played on USF’s Division I baseball team for five years. However, he now prefers Angel Reese to Angels in the Outfield.

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