Last December, when it was announced that center Chris Kaman had been traded by the Los Angeles Clippers as part of a package that would land them Chris Paul, word around the intertubes was that he was pretty bummed to be leaving the only NBA team that he’d ever played for, and especially since he was traded to one of the league’s worst teams in the New Orleans Hornets. But Kaman has long been one of the NBA’s most under-the-radar fun guys, so he made the best of it.

Now with the Dallas Mavericks, it seems that the gun-loving hunting aficionado is right at home living in Texas, which plays perfectly into his role as a controversial figure, for which he has given very few of what I believe the hip kids call “f*cks”. Kaman recently Tweeted a perfect example of just how much he loves his new home, and also what a delightfully terrifying man-child he is.

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This is really happening, folks. Do not adjust your monitors, and do not spit that tobacco juice on my clean carpet. Adidas is actually selling these cowboy boot sneakers, designed by Karl Lagerfeld’s favorite young designer, Jeremy Scott. Don’t worry, I’ve never heard of him either.

Adidas says they’ll “get you rodeo-ready with their hybrid cowboy-boot-meets-basketball-trainer style” and Latino blog, Remezcla describes them as the, “mexican hipster-est thing ever,” but honestly, we’re just confused.

These bad boys were designed by American fashion designer Jeremy Scott in a series that “seems to be Southwest inspired”, according to Remezcla. (Via HuffPo)

Sure enough, the Jeremy Scott Mega Soft Cell Boots are yours to be owned for just $300 a pair, and as soon as you pick up your new cowboy sneaker boots, or whatever the heck they should be called, shoot me an email. Because I would love to know where a person would wear these and whether or not they’ve played basketball in them. I’ll need video of that ASAP.

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