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Will The 2013 NBA Draft Day Suits Be The Most Fashion Forward... Ever?

Posted 5/21/13 6:21 pm EST by Gaby Wilson in Dudes, Sports

Ben McLemore and Nerlens Noel prepare for the 2013 NBA Draft.
Photo: Courtesy of @youngsav23's Instagram/@nerlensnoel3's Instagram

The NBA Playoffs continue to heat up as we chug along through the Eastern and Western Conference championships and toward the Finals, but for a crop of college-age up-and-coming hoops stars, there's another big date in June that hits a little closer to home: NBA Draft Day. On the players' side, enlisted draftees have been interviewing with prospective teams, shopping themselves around as well as learning about their would-be future homes. On the league side, the NBA Draft Lottery is scheduled for tonight to solidify the order in which teams will pick players come 2013 NBA Draft Day, June 27, 7:00 p.m. EST at Brooklyn's Barclays Center (home of this year's VMAs, NBD *hair flip*).

Tags 2013 NBA Draft, 2013 NBA Draft Day, Basketball, Ben McLemore, Dudes, NBA, NBA Draft Day, Nerlens Noel, SPORTS, Suits

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NBA Style Correspondent Baron Davis: A Brief Fashion History

Posted 5/17/13 5:00 pm EST by Gaby Wilson in Dudes, Sports

We know the current generation of NBA players is serious about style, from the rampant post-game podium fashion this Playoffs season to the faux-glasses Finals of last year. Welp, now the league, the ENTIRE organization, is following suit. Recognizing that the focus on professional basketball players as fashion icons is growing exponentially as we speed toward the 2013 Finals, the NBA is taking style seriously, both with a dedicated NBA Style reporting crew AND finding a Style Correspondent in Baron Davis. Davis has played for teams across the country but most recently for the New York Knicks before a knee injury had him off the court for the past year. We know the dude is very active in film, having starred as himself and dabbled in acting in several movies AND starting his own production company (Verso Entertainment) with high school friend (also, Jessica Alba's husband) Cash Warren, but Davis as a decreed fashion authority? This is a new look.

Baron's duties as NBA Style Correspondent, so far, comprise of putting together a video package on players' style today. Davis' background in film makes him an excellent candidate for this, but until now, we really had no evidence that he could talk shop about the sartorial world. After watching the clip, we totally recognize that he can as he highlights the ways that dudes like LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, and Dwyane Wade are breathing new life into looks that were actually worn by previous generations of players, calling out hoops legends like Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, and Clyde Frazier. Since this is the only official style-related title Baron has been bestowed to date, we figured we'd take a spin through his fashion history to help further prove he's a good man for the job.

ON THE COURT

Baron Davis wearing a sweatband.
Photo: Getty Images

It's not easy to infuse individual style into a mandated uniform, but Baron Davis did it through years of solid sweat/headbands.

Tags Baron Davis, Basketball, NBA, NBA Style, New York Knicks, SPORTS

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The 2013 NBA Playoffs' 10 Best Post-Game Podium Style Moments (So Far)

Posted 5/14/13 3:12 pm EST by Gaby Wilson in Dudes, Sports

2013 NBA Playoffs post-game podium style in a nutshell.
Photo: NBA.com

You guys, the NBA Playoffs are really, really long. Most of you (sportsball misanthropists and fans alike) have likely not been keeping that vigilant a watch on the tourney. Your team maybe didn't make it or got eliminated early or IDK, you're just waiting until things really start heating up to dive in or whatever. Welp, sadly, it's not within our jurisdiction to catch you up on all the banner plays, dunks, and stuffs. BUT we can offer you something just as good, if not BETTER: all the best podium fashion the 2013 NBA Playoffs has to offer (so far)! Yup, we're walking you through our top 10 style moments from the post-game press conferences, from Russell Westbrook's see-through specs to Iman Shumpert's high-top fade. (Unfortunately, Dwyane Wade's manpris are technically pre-game fodder, but trust we'll get to it later.) If you thought last year's faux glasses Finals were major, you truly haven't seen anything yet.

Tags 2013 NBA Playoffs, Basketball, NBA, NBA Playoffs, SPORTS

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Things We Learned From Russell Westbrook's 'ESPN' Magazine Interview

Posted 4/5/13 5:30 pm EST by Gaby Wilson in Covers, Dudes, Sports

Russell Westbrook on the cover of "ESPN" magazine's Photo Issue.
Photo: ESPN

If you haven't read Sam Alipour's interview with Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook for ESPN magazine yet, I'm squarely marking it as required reading for every human I care about (consider yourself in that league—yea, YOU!). First of all, the Q&A is incredibly long but only because Russ SO warrants it. For someone catching as much attention (and magazine features, holy moly!) as he has been for the past year, it's a little unheard of for the general public to know almost nothing about him. Welp, thanks to ESPN and Alipour that's all about to change as their conversation is published alongside a candy-colored fashion spread in the mag's 2013 Photo Issue.

The franchise we typically use to celebrate interviews we love that we didn't conduct ourselves is called "5 Things We Learned," but in this case, there was absolutely NO way we would be able to narrow this down to just 5 things. The banter between Westbrook and Alipour is DRIPPING with innumerable nuggets of precious Westbrook history and trivia: how he almost went to Stanford University for academics alone, how sometimes he bowls by himself, how and why he loves math, and the reveal that he has over 100 pairs of glasses (though, that shouldn't come as that huge a surprise all things considered). But trust me, it gets SO. MUCH. BETTER.

Tags 5 Things We Learned, Basketball, ESPN, ESPN Magazine, Interviews, NBA, Oklahoma City Thunder, Russell Westbrook, SPORTS

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NBA Players Inspire Macy's Latest Suit Reboot

Posted 4/2/13 3:11 pm EST by Gaby Wilson in Dudes, Shopping, Sports

Russell Westbrook, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James

Russell Westbrook, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Dwyane Wade, and LeBron James stunt in suits.
Photo: Courtesy of @russwest44's Instagram/@sniperjones35's Instagram/Getty Images

In the dedicated sports world, the biggest basketball buzz of the moment is without a doubt the NCAA's escalating March Madness tourney, as the Louisville Cardinals, Wichita State Shockers, Michigan Wolverines, and Syracuse Oranges all head into Final Four games this Saturday. On the fashion side of things, however, it's the men of the NBA who are making the most waves. According to PSFK, retail giant Macy's is updating the store's classic suit and is looking to the pre- and post-game togs of professional basketball players for inspiration.

Tags Basketball, Dwyane Wade, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Macys, NBA, Russell Westbrook, SPORTS, Suits

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Adidas Reveals New College Basketball Uniforms For 2013 March Madness

Posted 3/4/13 9:00 am EST by Gaby Wilson in Sports

New adidas college basketball uniforms for 2013 March Madness.
Photo: adidas

March Madness doesn't officially kick off this year until the 19th, but thanks to some uniform updates courtesy of adidas (and a wild season rife with upsets), buzz is already growing (quickly!) for the month-long NCAA tourney. Adidas revealed new adizero uniform systems for six colleges — Cincinnati, Kansas, Notre Dame, Baylor, UCLA, and Louisville — late last week, and college hoops fans haven't stopped (can't stop/won't stop) talking about them ever since.

Tags Adidas, adizero, Basketball, Baylor, Cincinnati, Kansas, Louisville, March Madness, Notre Dame, SPORTS, UCLA

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Kevin Durant And Russell Westbrook Get The 'Vogue' Treatment

Posted 2/27/13 10:00 am EST by Gaby Wilson in Dudes, Magazines, Sports

Kevin Durant for "Teen Vogue" and Russell Westbrook for "L'Uomo Vogue" magazines.
Photo: Teen Vogue/L'Uomo Vogue

Not only did Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook make waves on the court by leading their Oklahoma City Thunder team straight to the 2012 NBA Finals against the Miami Heat, the dynamic duo made names for themselves as bonafide style stars by way of their head-turning post-game ensembles off the hardwood. Now, in this second month of 2013, KD and Russ are getting the Vogue treatment with shoots in Teen Vogue and L'Uomo Vogue, respectively.

There's an unmistakable new attitude toward fashion in the world of sports. No longer is having an interest in, let alone a flair for, style a fringy, sourly regarded thing. Athletes are embracing fashion, and the fashion world, in turn, is reciprocating. In no sport is that more wide-spread at the moment than basketball, and with the season inching closer and closer to the NBA Playoffs (kicking off in a little over a month), editorial outlets are picking up steam on their hoops coverage, shining style spotlights on the league's best and brightest.

Tags Basketball, Dudes, Kevin Durant, L'Uomo Vogue, Magazines, NBA, Oklahoma City Thunder, Russell Westbrook, SPORTS, Teen Vogue, Vogue Italia

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Shaquille O'Neal And Reebok Relaunch Classic Shaq Attaq, Shaqnosis Sneakers

Posted 2/22/13 1:02 pm EST by Gaby Wilson in Dudes, Shoes, Sports

Shaquille O'Neal and his throwback Shaq Attaq Reebok sneakers.
Photo: Getty Images

Make way for The Great Shaq Fu! Reebok and retired NBA player/current NBA commentator/sometimes rapper(/one of my PERSONAL favorite players of all time) Shaquille O'Neal are teaming up for a sneaker relaunch of epic proportions — fittingly, since he too is a man of epic proportions. Shaq and Reebok revealed at the PROJECT trade show in Las Vegas that BOTH lines of namesake kicks that the legendary tower of a center released during his mid-'90s tenure on the Orlando Magic would be making a comeback THIS spring and summer! *cue domino effect wave of fainting sneakerheads*

Tags Basketball, NBA, Orlando Magic, Reebok, Shaq, Shaq Attaq, Shaqnosis, Shaquille O'Neal, Shoes, Sneakers, SPORTS

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Beyonce And Destiny's Child Wear Rubin Singer For Super Bowl Halftime Show

Posted 2/3/13 9:26 pm EST by Gaby Wilson in Ladies, Performance Outfits, Sports

Beyonce performs for the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Photo: Getty Images

Ho. Ly. Mackerel. Talk about "Lose My BREATH." The Super Bowl XLVII game may have reached a teeth-grinding halt with the Baltimore Ravens leading the San Francisco 49ers 28-6 just before a POWER OUTAGE (whatttt??), but the break was probably for the best since Beyonce's epic halftime performance and the HIGHLY anticipated Destiny's Child reunion which just unfolded in the New Orleans Superdome STILL has us totally floored, not exactly ready to dive back into all the sportsball just yet. Had the Harbaugh brothers entered onto the field on a tandem bike and we actually followed through on that epic snack stadium, we might have had a few more things to keep ourselves occupied while waiting for the Beyonce show to start. Instead, we were white-knuckled counting down the two hours before FINALLY getting to see the Rubin Singer creations worn by Bey and her DC girls Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.

Tags Beyonce, Beyoncé Knowles, Rubin Singer, SPORTS, Super Bowl, Super Bowl 2013, Super Bowl XLVII, Ty Hunter

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Watching The Super Bowl This Sunday? Here Are 8 Sporty Shirts That Don't Suck

Posted 2/1/13 6:30 pm EST by Gaby Wilson in Shopping, Sports

Unless you've been living under a Beyonce-proof rock, you know the 47th Super Bowl is this Sunday. The Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers (and their Harbaugh brother coaches) will go head-to-head for the coveted NFL championship game in New Orleans this weekend. The ad world's best and brightest commercials will premiere, hundreds of pounds of pizza and buffalo wings will be consumed, and we will be chronicling The Great King Bey's every sartorial move from her halftime performance on these here blog pages. Right now, though, we want to discuss what you (yes, YOU) will be wearing on Super Bowl Sunday.

If you're anything like us, you're probably mostly (okay, only) tuning in for what is affectionately being called "the Beyonce concert." You're into the idea of looking event-festive, but the mesh that jersey pennies are made of kinda gives you hives (from anxiety, not allergies). On the other hand, we can't all be Katy Perry. Thus, we've rounded up some sporty shirts that don't totally suck, so you can have a little low-maintenance football spirit on game day. Enjoy!

FOOTBALL FINERY

Sporty shirts that don't suck for when you reluctantly watch the Super Bowl this Sunday.
Photo: ASOS/Topshop

+ Lazy Oaf Exclusive Football T-Shirt: ASOS ($66.65)
+ Number 86 Tee: Topshop ($40.00)

Tags ASOS, Forever 21, Shirts, Shopping, SPORTS, Super Bowl, Super Bowl 2013, Super Bowl XLVII, Topshop, Urban Outfitters

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