The 2009-10 NBA Casual Wear Thread - MVP James - Pg 61

congrats to lebron on the MVP, finally wearing a nice suit as well
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The Week in NBA Playoffs Press Conference Style
After players do their talking on the court, they do their talking in the press conference. And now that we're a couple weeks into the playoffs, we're paying attention to what they're saying—and wearing

Let the sports geeks yap about LeBron's elbow. We want to talk about The Sweater. A creamy white, shawl-collar cardigan. With a letterman's patch. And a tie. Maybe on Richie Cunningham, but a 6-foot-8 260 pounder? Really? Really.

LeBron James not only balls at a level beyond pretty much every other player in the game, but he dresses better, too. Hands down, the most stylish player in the NBA. Not even close.
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Here he is post-game in Ralph Lauren Purple Label, typically favored by guys twice his age and ten times as uptight. He somehow makes pinstripes and an achingly British cutaway collar seem downright cool.
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Oh, and he can dress down, too. How about the commando vest? Or is it a photographer's vest? Or a…utility vest? Whatever, it works.
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Kevin Durant's young enough to still be in college (and young enough looking to still be in high school), which we guess can kind of explain the backpack. Always thought the chest buckle was for outdoorsy dorks, but maybe we're a step behind.
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Not all NBAers need to rock fat tie knots and custom suits to make a statement. We're digging the plaid short-sleeve action on 20-year-old Brandon Jennings…
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…and fellow young gun Durant.
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Melo, looking hella dapper. The contrast collar, the Prince of Wales plaid, the knit tie. Apparently trying to keep up with LeBron—and almost doing so.
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Okay, what the hell is up with ballers and epaulettes? Are we the only ones who've noticed that half the guys in the league are dressing like Idi Amin these days? Here's Steve Nash in a…what is that, a black trench? He's pulling it off, somehow.
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Dwight Howard, looking like he stopped by a Robert Evans/Robert Wagner yard sale. Points for the pocket square.
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Brandon Jennings, again, proving that apparently you can't have too many epaulettes or pockets or yoking on a shirt.
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Derrick Rose, straight-up dictator chic. Not to be messed with.
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BONUS: Sure this wasn't from a press conference, but it's Jordan. Still trying to figure out just what the hell was going on with MJ's jacket the other night at the Bobcats-Magic game. Was he going for a bottle-of-Cris', champagne-hued sort of thing? Or was it more of a butterscotch vibe? Or did he just match the entire outfit around the gold watch?
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Originally Posted by bijald0331

LeBron's MVP suit/shirt/tie color combination is on point. Very well put together.

except buttoning the bottom button...
  
 
The Week in NBA Playoffs Press Conference Style
After players do their talking on the court, they do their talking in the press conference. And now that we're a couple weeks into the playoffs, we're paying attention to what they're saying—and wearing

Jamal Crawford
Love the fact that a dude who pulls down more than $9 mill a season shops at Penguin. There's a lesson to be learned somewhere in there.
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Steve Nash
For a guy who used to go out of his way to not wear suits ("The last time I wore one, I wore it with flip flops" he told me in an interview some years back), Nash is looking pretty damn sharp these days. Points for the seasonally-appropriate pink gingham dress shirt and, as always, big ups for continuing to rock the floppy, soccer-dude hair.
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Rajon Rondo
Okay, so can we just make it official and declare the days of all-things XXXL in the 'Association' over? Digging the fitted, piped polo. And I imagine Gucci's happy too. Kind of its ideal customer—young, skinny, and rich.
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Dwight Howard
You've got to give Howard credit for effort. And for putting together a suit-and-tie combo that actually works. But I can't figure out if the guy is headed to a board meeting or lunch at Le Cirque. You kind of want him to dial it back just a little bit, and dress like the young, charismatic guy he is.
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Wow. A lot going on here. Love the white jacket, but not sure he needs the crest and the pocket square and the lapel piping. Lose two of the three, and he's in business. Oh yeah, and how about a four-in-hand? You don't want your tie knot the size of a P'zone.
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LeBron James
So apparently you can wear a windbreaker and still look like an adult. And a stylish one at that. Thank you Mr. James. Now get your #*% to Madison Square Garden.
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Deron Williams
We're all for "cool" cardigans, but not if they make you look like a poindexter. Is this what passes for stylish in Salt Lake?
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Kevin Garnett
We're trying real hard to figure out what's going on here. Is KG miffed that Paul Pierce is captain of the Celts and not him? Is this his way of saying that he's "ready to go to war" for his teammates in the playoffs? Now that he's reported for duty for the Orlando series, maybe he'll let us know.
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Kobe Bryant
The jury's still out on this leather jacket, designed by Kobe's stylist Paige Geran. It's cool, and it fits great, but it is pretty damn Matrix-y. Which, depending on your sense of taste, is either a really good thing or a really bad thing. What we will allow is that we can't imagine any other player in the league even trying to pull it off.
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Is it us, or is Kobe wearing velvet? And zippers. And studs. And shoulder pads. Kind of has General Zod from Superman II thing going on.
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