While many NBA players have different interpretations of high fashion and the latest trends, some are sticking with basic suits, while still mixing it up a bit. Perhaps the most important facet of today’s suit is an ability to break up the pieces and wear them with other items in your wardrobe. Let’s take a look at several different styles, including trends that can become part of any closet. Keep up with the conversation using #NBAStyle.
THE EXPERTLY TAILORED SUIT
Derrick Rose, Amar’e Stoudemire and Zach Randolph are in favor of finely tailored, slim cuts.
ALL BALL NERVE CENTER – The Golden State Warriors return to Oakland today after squaring their Playoff series with the Spurs, 1-1. On Friday night, they’ll host the Spurs in the always-rocking Oracle Arena, which can be one of the loudest venues in the NBA.
It is also the oldest venue in the NBA — it has been in use by the Warriors since 1971, an eternity in comparison to most NBA arenas. With the Warriors’ lease expiring in 2017, the franchise is looking to upgrade by building their own, privately-funded spot across the bay in San Francisco.
They recently released the latest images of the planned arena, and their plans look stunning. Nestled beneath the gorgeous Bay Bridge, the new arena will back right up against the water of the San Francisco Bay, creating a promenade for fans and visitors to hang out, picnic or shop. With the beautiful San Francisco skyline in the background, the new arena sparkles like a jewel in these images.
For more facts and figures check out the Warriors’ informational site. To see more pictures, click through the amazing images below…
ALL BALL NERVE CENTER – Big thanks to the NBA’s official YouTube channel, where they posted the following video of the Golden State Warriors getting ready for last night’s game in San Antonio. Obviously nobody knew the game was going to turn into an instant classic, but it didn’t stop them from preparing for the game by breaking into an impromptu dance-off. So you think you can dance? Don’t challenge rookie Kent Bazemore, who winds up the center of the circle. Obviously prepped him for making his game-winner that wasn’t quite enough. -
This isn’t something people noticed in retrospect. If you were watching the game, it was pretty much impossible to miss:
EXCITED FEMALE SPURS FAN IS GETTING EXCITED AGAIN!!!!!— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) May 07, 2013
Find the shrieker and escort her out. Won’t be hard; it’s the section where everyone’s ears are bleeding.— (@netw3rk) May 07, 2013
This screaming lady is doing her best to ruin a great game in San Antonio.— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 07, 2013
Screaming lady turned a nation of viewers against the Spurs #AmexNBA— Lang Whitaker (@langwhitaker) May 07, 2013
This woman — well, I’m assuming it’s a woman, although I suppose it also could have been a man with a really high voice — kept it up down the stretch and as the Spurs won the game in the second overtime.
As of now this fan has not been identified. But she’s certainly been noticed. -
ALL BALL NERVE CENTER – We know it’s going to take a special performance for the Warriors to beat the Spurs in the Western Conference Semifinals. In fact, you could say it will take a superhuman effort. And if that’s the case, Golden State has just the man for the job, at least according to Warriors forward Draymond Green, who tweeted a photo of Stephen Curry wearing a suit of armor. Or at least a suit of armor that’s been printed on a t-shirt …
(I’m no comic book expert, but I’m pretty sure Tony Stark didn’t wear team-issued sweatpants as part of his suit.) For his part, Curry responded by complimenting his own superhuman physique…
While the NBA is a League that has always had its share of individuals, the one unifying feature of all players is that everyone wears uniforms. But that doesn’t make them uniform. Some franchises have opted for simple jerseys with their team name in a stylized font, such as the Knicks or the Minneapolis Lakers, other teams have gone for more interesting expressions. Check out, for instance, the New Jersey Nets, with a red/white/blue stars and stripes motif; All-Star Game jerseys, with stars literally all over them; a Toronto Raptor jersey featuring an enormous cartoon raptor. Sometimes it’s in the details, like with the trim on the throwback Syracuse Nationals jersey. And then sometimes we’re drawn to the colors, like with the gorgeous baby blue and red of the old Sacramento Kings jerseys.
Whatever you like, for many of us uniforms can be much more than just a statement of which team we’re cheering for. We picked some pics in the gallery below of uniforms that caught our eye.
What is your favorite uniform of all-time? Let us know in the comments section, and don’t forget to continue the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #NBAStyle… -
ALL BALL NERVE CENTER – We can understand when a player, fresh off a loss, feels the need to somehow react. After all, you play to win the game, and when you catch an L, it’s never a good feeling — and it’s even worse when the sentiment is rubbed in by 20,000 rabid fans, as often happens to Golden State opponents in Oracle Arena in Oakland.
So we get why Denver F Kenneth Faried was apparently pretty upset after losing at Golden State last night. So upset, in fact, that Faried put his foot through a locker room wall, as documented here by USA Today‘s always excellent Sam Amick:
The hole in the visitor locker room wall, courtesy of Denver's Kenneth Faried. twitpic.com/cmrju2— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) April 29, 2013
Asked if he kicked it with his ailing left foot (ankle injury), a frustrated Faried said, "I don't know. I just kicked it."— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) April 29, 2013
And as we noted earlier, the isn’t the first time an opponent in Golden State has been driven to violence: After losing at Oracle in the 2007 Playoffs, Dallas F Dirk Nowitzkitossed a trash can through a wall 12 feet in the air. Five years later, as Amick showed last night, the wound is still there, now commemorated with a t-shirt…
If the Warriors are going to keep knocking off higher-seeded teams in the Playoffs, maybe they should invest in a punching bag for the visitor’s locker room? Could probably save themselves a good bit in drywall costs.
ALL BALL NERVE CENTER — It has become popular of late for teams to create specialized Playoff/postseason theme songs. Sometimes an entire league will co-opt a popular song by a popular artist, as the NBA did with Kanye’s “Amazing” a few years back. And then sometimes a team or franchise will commission their own song.
The Golden State Warriors recently dropped their Playoff anthem, and they looked to a local artist living in the Bay Area to create the song… and a guy who also just happens to work for the organization. As it turns out, Warriors’ Vice President and Legal Counsel David Kelly also quite nimbly spits bars as Cap D, emcee from the hip-hop collective All Natural.
Meanwhile, over in Indiana, Pacers PG George Hill teamed with local producer Amp Harris and actor/comedian (and Indy native) Mike Epps to come up with an unofficial postseason theme by kicking verses over my main man (on Instagram straight flexin’!)Trinidad James’s “All Gold Everything,” here shortened to the Pacer-related “Gold Everything.”
ALL BALL NERVE CENTER – Pacers center Roy Hibbert had a pretty good day yesterday. His team throttled the Atlanta Hawks in their playoff opener, 107-90, and Hibbert finished with 16 points and eight rebounds.
Meanwhile, yesterday Warriors forward David Lee had a no-good, very bad day. Less than 24 hours after the Warriors lost their first game, 97-95, on a last-second shot from Andre Miller, it was announced that Lee would miss the rest of the postseason after suffering a complete tear of his hip flexor.
And although these two men are obviously competitors, at heart they are both gentlemen, as we saw from their honest and blunt interaction on Twitter earlier today. (Get well soon, D-Lee!)
I really don't like @Dlee042 but I really hope he has a speedy recovery. Hate to see guys get get hurt or injured.— Roy Hibbert (@Hoya2aPacer) April 22, 2013
@Hoya2aPacer Good to know our dislike is mutual, that being said I appreciate the tweet Roy!— David Lee (@Dlee042) April 22, 2013
You’ve likely forgotten it, but back in 2010, Monta Ellis (then with the Warriors) made the viral video rounds with this over-the-head shot from the hallway at Oracle Arena.
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Ellis’ teammate that season was none other than a precocious rookie named Steph Curry. While Curry would go on to be an All-Rookie First Team member and win three Rookie of the Month awards, perhaps Ellis’ ability to sink crazy shots from the tunnel rubbed off on him a little that season.
Check out this pretty amazing heave from Curry at practice the other day (although, admittedly, not as stellar as Ellis’ of three years ago), courtesy of Warriors.com:
Catch up on every single game-winning buzzer beater during the season and see how it rates on the Horry Scale.
