After winning the NBA’s Rookie of the Month honor for March, Josh Richardson has his sights on another mission: reintegrating jean shorts into everyday society.
Or at least the Miami Heat’s locker room.
Following the Heat’s 107-89 drubbing of the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night, Richardson changed into a pair of jorts. And he wasn’t wearing them ironically, per Jason Lieser of The Palm Peach Post:
Richardson wearing jean shorts.
— Jason Lieser (@JasonLieser) April 6, 2016
Wade:"You got the jorts tonight, you fella?"
JR:"I'mma bring em back."
DW:"In some places they ain't gone."
Dwyane Wade, it seems, failed to elaborate where exactly jean shorts are still popular. Was he talking about an alternate universe in which citizens are stuck in the early 1990’s? Or was he maybe referring to the original cast of 90210-lookalike contests? Or maybe the Josh Harrellson household?
Richardson’s fashion sense drew mixed reactions from his teammates. Fellow rookie Justise Winslow wasn’t about that jean-short life:
Winslow: "Jorts are unacceptable."
— Jason Lieser (@JasonLieser) April 6, 2016
Wade, however, had no issue with Richardson’s postgame garb:
Wade on jorts: "I'm with it. I'm supportive."
— Jason Lieser (@JasonLieser) April 6, 2016
I’m not so sure this support should mean much, if anything, to Richardson’s fearless fashion quest. This is the same Wade, after all, who thinks that polka-dotted capri-pants suits are a good idea.
In the interest of full disclosure, yours truly owned a pair of jorts. In 1994. When I was five or six. And didn’t buy my own clothes. Given the option of bringing those jean shorts back now, I’d elect to set them on fire.
Then again, there are worse outdated clothing crusades Richardson could be championing.
Here’s hoping he leaves the Vanilla Ice parachute pants at home.