NBA Draft 2016: Fashion Report Card
By Jaylyn Cook
As per custom, the NBA Draft featured a vivid assortment of styles and colors worn by the players. Check out which ones made the grade and which may need to take Fashion 101 again.
If there’s one word that has become synonymous with the NBA Draft, it has to be “fashion.” Well, and basketball, but you get the idea.
Draft night is the first time NBA fans will get a full look of their favorite team’s latest additions, so looking sharp is a must. Granted, not everyone has the same definition of what makes a suit “good,” but we can all agree what one shouldn’t do if they want to make a strong first impression.
Examples include: Don’t be boring, don’t mismatch colors, don’t wear a suit made of denim (VERY important), etc.
We can’t really predict what the draftees will wear during their big night, and we can’t really sway them toward or away a specific suit either. We can, however, praise or ridicule them for their stellar or stupid decision making – an activity which has become a de facto past-time for pundits and social media users all around the country.
The following list takes a couple of the draft’s most noteworthy suits and issues them a grade ranging from “A” to “F.” It’s like school, only instead of something boring like calculus, the subject is throwing shade at newly minted professional athletes. You don’t have to be an AP student to do that.
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