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10 Best NBA Draft fashion decisions of last decade

By Jaylyn Cook

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 25: The top prospects pose for a group photo before the start of the First Round of the 2015 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center on June 25, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 25: The top prospects pose for a group photo before the start of the First Round of the 2015 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center on June 25, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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Slug: sp/draft29 Date: June,28,2007 Photographer: Toni L. Sandys/TWP Neg
Slug: sp/draft29 Date: June,28,2007 Photographer: Toni L. Sandys/TWP Neg /

7. Nick Young (2007)

Throughout his nine-year NBA career, Nick Young has proven to be a lot of different things: a talented (if overconfident) shooter, a meme, a center of scandal, a revolutionary in terms of tattoo placement, and lastly, swaggy.

While it’s only been a couple of seasons since Young gave himself the nonsensical nickname “Swaggy P,” he long proved that he was deserving of the title by sporting a smoking off-white blazer, black pants, and a striped tie that combined the two prominent colors on draft night.

It looked good. REALLY good. Like James Bond sipping on a shaken-but-not-stirred martini good. That kind of suit demands that an overrated Sam Smith song play in the background during your every action in life. That’s the kind of suit that would preferable be worn at all times, no matter how old or dirty it gets.

If we’re going to be honest, Young’s suit could serve as an abstract representation of his flashy personality. No other 2007 draftee was able to match Young in terms of style, and Young really has no contemporary regarding his excessively swaggy demeanor.

Simply put, the suit suits him in every possible way.

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