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- What's up GQ, this is Zach LaVine.
As you see, these are my 10 essentials.
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First item, King-C Gillette Style Master Trimmer.
When you're on the road a lot in the NBA,
you don't always get to have the perfect haircut.
So, you know, I always try to look, you know
fresh for the court pictures, wherever you're going.
My wife always tells me to trim my beard
so, keep this on me.
I don't do a lot of different hairstyles.
I either keep it low or I try to have some curls
but definitely make sure my beard is edged up.
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My next item, my cars.
Specifically, my old school cars.
I love to collect them.
This is my '65 Mustang.
I got a '68 Pontiac as well.
'67 Chevelle, all red.
So they're my babies, man.
That's a passion of mine,
my dad bought me my first one a couple years ago.
So, my '68 Pontiac's always gonna stay with me.
These guys can, you know, continue to upgrade
and I can add more to the collection.
I think the next one I'm gonna get is a Grand National.
See, I'm from Seattle so, the car culture out there,
you do get to see some old schools,
some low riders, or, you know,
some different old school cars.
You know, growing up watching Snoop Dogg
and stuff like that.
Seeing Eazy, Ice Cube go through all the different cars
definitely was an influence on me.
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Next essential item is Dominoes.
Grew up playing them but especially lately.
Anywhere I go pretty much, I'm ready to play some bones.
I was just actually playing some
with Draymond at All-Star break
and he got me one game, I got him,
so you know, hopefully his tie breaker comes out
but it's a lot of fun, I'm extremely competitive.
You know, I pretty much challenge anybody
I'm not saying I'm gonna beat you every time
but I'm a damn good player so we'll see what happens.
Originally dad taught me but then,
you know obviously as I got older
I started playing with my friends and family.
Heated rivalry with, would probably be my wife.
She beat me multiple times, but you know, in the league
probably not a heated rivalry.
You know, Dray's one of the better players,
I heard. Jimmy's pretty good at Dominoes too.
So, you know, maybe when we take a trip to Miami
I can, you know, get a nice game in.
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So for me, probably the biggest essential
in my life is my family.
I've got pictures of my father, me and him at All-Star.
Me and my wife, you know, my friends, my mom.
I think that's the biggest thing for me is
I'm a family person, very family oriented
and don't go anywhere without 'em.
My family's very athletic background.
My father play professional football in the USFL,
played for the Seahawks.
My mom extremely athletic, grew up running track
and playing softball.
My sister runs track, my wife, division one soccer.
So definitely a family of athletes
and you know, it carries over.
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I'm a basketball player obviously, I love basketball
but I think I'm addicted to golf.
So right now this is a definite essential.
I try to find any excuse to go out and play.
You know, sometimes I'm rushing through
my workouts to go play.
So I think it's a,
it's definitely not a hobby, it's an addiction.
Started playing a couple years ago.
Being an athletic person and you know,
growing up playing multiple sports
and being pretty damn good at all of them,
you know golf is, you can't out athletic it,
you have to hit the ball the right way,
you have to learn the right technique
and have some sort of you know,
real good touch around the greens,
putting, you know, chipping, all that stuff.
It's fun man, it's challenging,
I think that's why I really like it
and you know, I wanna get good at it.
I've got good in a couple years.
I break a hundred pretty consistently, but I want to
I want to get to, you know, that elite status.
Some of my favorite golf courses
just got done playing Riviera, Pelican Hill.
I had played in Silver Leaf, TPC, a bunch of places.
Hopefully I could continue to go out there
and mess up their grass until I get good.
See, I could play like 36 holes, man,
like I'm really addicted to it.
Turn right, like turn right back around to do it again.
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Next essential, cards, any type of card game.
If it isn't Booray that we play in the NBA a lot.
Spades, shoot Casino, Blackjack, whatever it is,
I'm, I don't wanna say I'm a big time gambler
but I can play some cards.
So I take these everywhere with me from trip to trip.
It's nice, relaxing being able to,
you know, compete with your boys,
your teammates on the plane.
And you know, it gets competitive on there.
52 of these things man, just teach me a game
I'll learn how to play it.
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My next essential is watches.
Definitely starting to get into these.
This Rolex right here was my first one.
I got eight, nine years ago
and then recently got a couple AP's.
I really like their brand.
It's something I've just been getting into
I think it's really, it's really cool, man.
You be able to dress 'em up and down,
you can wear 'em with different clothes,
wear 'em with sweats, suits, jeans,
going out, staying in, whatever it is, so.
Yo it's crazy, this first one I bought it,
I got it in New York.
First thing I ever wanted, I wanted it iced out too.
You know, it's crazy, I've transitioned.
I want all my stuff plain and classy
but I do always want to keep this one.
Obviously the feeling of buying your first watch,
or piece of jewelry is great, man.
You work for it and you know,
I'm definitely gonna keep this for a long time.
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Recently, you know, for one of my next essentials
would definitely be wine.
Got into a couple years ago with white wine actually.
But I really got into Napa wines, love some Burgundy,
some French and Italian wines as well.
But this Harland Estates is one of my favorite ones in Napa,
looking to take a trip there soon, so.
Always take wine with me on the road
when we go to dinner.
You know, I try to, you know, expand my pallet
and keep, you know, learning with it.
Being in the NBA, starting at like 19, 18,
obviously you don't drink, so you just gotta grow up,
you start seeing and I just started testing it out,
tried it out, thought it was terrible at first
when I was younger and I guess my pallet changed, so.
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For my next essential, I would say video games.
I've just brought a PlayStation controller.
Got into video games, obviously growing up
and being a basketball player,
you do have a decent amount of downtime.
So, when we're on the road I bring like a little mini
like laptop, plug in the controller.
I got a PC at my house, I got PlayStations
but it's definitely something I use as a hobby,
just to get away from basketball.
I'm not good at all games.
I play Call of Duty and Destiny the most.
Teammates are good, they got high KD's.
So, I go out there and just try to revive people.
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I mean, usually I just jump into solo matches.
I go up on my guys on my team play.
One of my boys from back home, Blake Snell,
plays with the Padres, is incredible at Call of Duty.
You snipe everybody.
I'm just sitting there, just reviving 'em, so.
Yeah, somebody gotta revive,
I'll shoot somebody if I can but you know,
I'm just trying to go for the win.
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My next essential, basketball shoes.
New Balance, any types of shoes.
Obviously, I brought a pair of basketball shoes
but you know, always kept a good pair of shoes.
I'm with New Balance now and, you know
love my partnership with them.
Come out with great lifestyle shoes.
Always had really good walk around shoes,
but you know, getting into basketball
has been great with them and partnering with them.
PE's coming out next year, you know, just be on the lookout
but always keep a great pair of basketball shoes
'cause obviously, basketball player you gotta
have the right footwear out there.
These specific shoes actually haven't even came out yet.
I've worn 'em on the court, yeah.
These are the two-way twos.
I think the two way ones have already came out.
These were just some ones they'd sent to me,
some all white ones I wore with the home uniforms.
I think it's great what New Balance is doing culturally.
Especially making it very relevant.
A lot of guys into fashion myself, you know
being able to dress shoes up and down,
wearing them with sweatsuits, jeans, into the game
obviously on court with me.
But you know, they're doing something really big
and I think they're turning in the right direction
and people are really starting to,
you know, pay attention.
Always loved them and you know,
I'm glad to be a part of that team.
Thank you guys for watching.
Zach LaVine, GQ 10 essentials.
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