Losing basketball meant Oubre spent a …

Losing basketball meant Oubre spent a lot of free time “really searching for my soul, and finding it and nurturing it and protecting it.” He has always been a fashion aficionado, with flashy pregame and postgame attire sometimes featuring skull logos, chains and jewelry and fuzzy Converse sneakers. He launched the “Valley Boyz” clothing line, a nod to his team and its supporters, at a packed pop-up shop last fall. The “Quarantine & Chill” collection, Oubre said, is “nothing merely (compared) to what you’re gonna see out of me as a fashion designer.” “I’m gonna continue to just create art,” Oubre said, “with the pain that I’ve been blessed (with), and the lessons that I’ve been blessed to learn in this life.”