The 10 greatest mustaches in NBA history

CAMARADERIE

Lucas and Nevitt were competitors in the masculinity group, but they were teammates in real life — joining follicle forces on the 1989-90 Houston Rockets. The bro-mo power pair was complemented by the mustaches of fellow Rockets Hakeem Olajuwon, Otis Thorpe, Sleepy Floyd, Derrick Chievous, Buck Johnson, Anthony Bowie, Adrian Caldwell, and Lewis Lloyd.

Just up I-45, the 1986-87 Dallas Mavericks were a top-10 all-time offense and most of their best scorers — Mark Aguirre, Rolando Blackman, Derek Harper, Sam Perkins, Detlef Schrempf, Roy Tarpley, and Al Wood — were rocking the stache, headlined by the breathtaking blonde mustache–mullet combo of Brad Davis.

Some of the world’s best mustaches are born out of camaraderie like this. Because, one guy with a mustache is a weirdo, right? But a group of guys with mustaches? That’s a club.

The 1985-86 Lakers were L.A.’s most exclusive club — a 62-win team coming off a championship season. Magic Johnson was the heart of the team, but the mustache of the team was mustaches, a whole mess of mustaches.

I mean, look at all these crumb-catchers.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? ✅
Michael Cooper? ✅
Maurice Lucas? ✅
A.C. Green? ✅
Byron Scott? ✅
Petur Gudmundsson? ✅
Ronnie Lester? ✅
Mike McGee? ✅
Larry Spriggs? ✅
Laker trainer, Gary Vitti? ✅
Oh, and Chuck Nevitt? He must have missed team photo day, but he was on this roster, too. ✅

Collectively, they posted an unprecedented 79 percent mustache rate. And no Laker mustache had a bigger impact than the messy masterpiece of the bespectacled Kurt Rambis.