If you’re like us, you’ve probably wondered what famous people add to their carts. Not the JAR brooch and Louis XV chair but the hair spray and the electric toothbrush. We asked NBA player Jimmy Butler about the socks, candle, and domino set he can’t live without. (At the very top of the list of things he can’t live without, actually, but that we can’t link to, are his two kids: “They mean the world to me, and they’re the reason I do everything,” Butler says.)
I don’t have a preferred method of making coffee. I just love coffee. This drip kit is an easy way to take some high-quality coffee on the road. Man, I drink so much coffee every single day — about 10 to 12 cups — that whenever I’m on the road I want to try to keep it consistent. I can’t always take my espresso machine like everybody thinks that I do. And so that’s when the drip kit comes in handy.
These candles are absolutely incredible, and I take them on the road with me. I have ’em in the locker room with me just because it really calms me down as I’m looking at this flame, as I’m smelling the scent. It just kind of reminds me of how fragile everything really is, and it makes me very appreciative of everything that I have and everything that I’ve been through. The Cotton Poplin scent is so subtle, but it just brightens and lightens up the room no matter where you’re at, and everybody’s like, “Damn, do you smell that?” And it’s like, Yeah, everybody gets to enjoy this now.
A lot of people in the States really don’t know about Bang & Olufsen because it’s a European brand, but it makes absolutely incredible headphones, speakers, TVs, all of that good stuff. Music is what I do throughout the day, when I’m sitting down playing cards and dominoes whenever I’m getting ready for the game, or on the way to the game. And so I’m always playing music through my Bluetooth speaker.
The majority of the time, these are the socks that I’m wearing in games. I just try to keep it as consistent as I can with what socks that I put on. More than anything, they’re comfortable. If you’re comfortable, the sky’s the limit, man. I got on Alo socks right now!
You’ve got to stay hydrated traveling as much as we do, as much ripping and running we do on the basketball court. I feel like every time I walk into my hotel room, my people know to have the Essentia lined up because I’m going to have to drink three to four bottles before bed just to make sure I’m hydrated. I think some waters taste better than others. Call me bougie, call me whatever the hell you want — I think Essentia is the best-tasting water out there right now, and that’s what I’m sticking with.
I have a ton of domino sets that I play with. This is one of them. It just all depends on where we’re at in the world, honestly, because there are dominoes in every one of my houses, a hundred sets of them. There are dominoes in the cars — they’re absolutely everywhere.
I know I’m the best at dominoes, but I feel like I’m really, really, really good at Uno as well. I’m just a fierce competitor, so it could be Uno, it could be dominoes, it could be anything, regular cards. I just need to compete. I think I’m really good at Uno though. I’m not going to say I’m the best. There are just so many different rules depending on who you’re playing with, where you’re playing, that it’s never consistent, and that’s the best part about it.
Sassicaia is the first wine that I had way back in my young days. I also got to visit the winery in Italy, and that’s when I really started to learn about what it really takes to make wine — the way the grapes differ because of the rain and the snow and all the different seasons. That’s what really draws me to Sassicaia because it’s the first winery that I visited, and they taught me so much.
These shoes are always with me in a multitude of colorways. I love this sneaker. My love for tennis inspired this sneaker. It is time for the clay season now, so my guy Carlos [Alcaraz] is going to lock in and get ready to win some championships! But I get to play tennis in this sneaker, I get to walk around in it, I get to play basketball. Life is good whenever you have a JB2 on.
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