Jordyn Woods’ orange Knicks “lucky bag” is already headed for a museum display, but John Salley thinks the original could bring in much more than its $125 retail price.
The former NBA player told TMZ Sports that Woods should consider selling the original bag for $200,000 after it became part of the New York Knicks’ championship run.
The Tux Clutch Mini, from Woods’ own Woods by Jordyn brand, became a courtside superstition while she supported her fiancé, Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns, during the NBA Finals.
For now, the bag is being displayed at the Guggenheim Museum in New York after becoming one of the strangest and most memorable accessories of the Knicks’ title celebration.
Salley Said Woods Should “Get the Bag”
TMZ caught up with Salley at a launch party for his Beverly Hills Living Magazine cover and asked him about the now-famous clutch. Salley, a four-time NBA champion, said Woods could turn the original into a major sale once its Guggenheim moment is over.
“Sell, sell, sell,” TMZ reported Salley advised, arguing that Woods had already gotten plenty of use out of the bag during the Knicks’ run.
The $200,000 figure is Salley’s suggestion, not a confirmed offer or formal appraisal. Still, the joke has a clear hook: a $125 accessory became attached to a championship story, sold out, and landed in a major New York museum within weeks.
The Bag Became a Knicks Finals Superstition
Woods carried the orange Tux Clutch Mini to Knicks games while supporting Towns. People reported that she created the sample for the playoffs and began treating it as part of her game-day routine after the Knicks kept winning when she brought it.
The superstition grew during the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs. Ahead of Game 3 at Madison Square Garden, Woods could not bring the bag inside because MSG and the United States Secret Service announced a no-bag policy after news that President Donald Trump planned to attend the game.
The Knicks lost that night. When the bag returned for later games, the fan lore only grew, and Towns leaned into it after New York clinched the title.
The Guggenheim Is Displaying the Clutch
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People reported that the Guggenheim Museum is putting Woods’ lucky orange bag on display after the Knicks’ championship win. The museum teased the display on Instagram with the line, “A courtside icon is coming our way.”
ABC News reported that the bag will be shown at the Guggenheim’s Café Rebay from June 24 through June 28 as a five-day pop-up.
Woods said in a press release quoted by ABC News that the Guggenheim is one of her favorite places and that she never imagined something she designed would be displayed there. She added that seeing the bag at the museum made the Knicks’ historic run feel real.
Karl-Anthony Towns Helped Make the Bag Famous
Towns turned the clutch into part of the championship celebration. People reported that after the Knicks won the Finals, he called Woods’ bag “one of the greatest clothing articles in the history of basketball” and said he wanted New York to know the bag “won a championship.”
Woods later brought the bag to the Knicks’ June 18 championship parade. In photos from the celebration, Towns held up the Larry O’Brien Trophy in one hand and the orange clutch in the other, while New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani also posed with the bag.
The clutch’s popularity carried over to Woods’ brand. People reported that the Tux Clutch Mini sold out after the championship run, and Woods by Jordyn later said the response was so overwhelming that the product would become made-to-order.