Back to The Basket
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Troy Douglass, owner of Back to The Basket, April 3, 2023. The buy-sell shop in Portland’s Hawthorne District, celebrates all things basketball culture.
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A display of shoes for sale.
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Store manager Jalen Thomas, left, examines a pair of Adidas Dame 8 ‘Incredibles,’ while Keyshawn Vogt, right, looks over other items a customer is looking to sell to the store.
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Game-worn and signed shoes from Terry Porter, left, and Shawn Kemp, right, at Back to The Basket, April 3, 2023. The pair in the glass case are the Air Jordan 1 “Chicago” 1985, Michael Jordan’s original signature shoe.
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A pair of game-worn shoes, signed by Terry Porter.
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Collectible t-shirts, including the 1992 Lithuania tie dye shirt, center.
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A display featuring Kobe Bryant items for sale.
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A sales display of basketball figures.
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An NBA Jam arcade game, and shoes available for purchase.
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A wide variety of basetkball-themed items for sale.
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A doll dressed in Celtics colors, next to the display of “Flagrant,” a women-founded basketball magazine, available at the shop.
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Jalen Thomas, left, checks out the fit of a Carmelo Anthony jersey at at Back to The Basket, April 3, 2023.
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A display of items for sale, and a cardboard cutout of Michael Jordan.
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Candles featuring some basketball “saints”.
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Jalen Thomas, left, and Keyshawn Vogt examine items a customer is looking to sell at the shop.
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Troy Douglass, owner of Back to The Basket.
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Basketball shoes hang from the ceiling.
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A mural features Damian Lillard on the exterior of Back to The Basket, a buy-sell shop in Portland’s Hawthorne District, celebrates all things basketball culture, April 3, 2023.
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