NBA.com Win Or Go Home Contest #1 - Win Prizes!
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Basics: Over the next few weeks Orlando Pinstriped Post readers will be able to compete in a number of contests. All you have to do is follow the provided links, come back here, and leave your answers in the comments section. We'll pick the winners at random and NBA.com will send them prizing ranging from pens to hoodies to yo-yos and everything in between.
Meanwhile, Orlando Pinstriped Post will be competing with a number of other SBNation blogs to see who can come up with the most unique trivia, hardest questions, or most creative ways to promote their contests. At the end of four weeks NBA.com will pick their two favorites and pit them up against each other with some much bigger prizes at stake.
Please read the complete contest rules here.
Current question: It seems that NBA players are more stylish now than ever. In recent post game press conferences some of the game's biggest stars have looked as slick in their off-the-court clothing as they do driving the lane or knocking down three-pointers.
Check out some of their threads at the links provided below and then come back and tell us who was the best dressed, who was the worst dressed, and why for each. Orlando Pinstriped Post will pick the winners and random, NBA.com will provide them with some great gear.
Dwight Howard Press Conference
Stephen Jackson Press Conference
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The worst
has to be LeBron in the bathrobe. I have a picture of myself wearing that same tie in 1954. The combination looks like LeBron’s version of Hugh Hefner without fashion taste. Do you think he has on bunny slippers?
The Best, not Wade in the lumberjack shirt and leather vest. Does he want to look rugged orgay?
Carmelo in the sweater looks like a 12 year old on his way to church. Not cool.
Jackson in the plaid makes him look wider than he is tall. The hanky in the chest pocket is a nice touch. He’s a contender for best.
I guess Dwight is making a fashion statment with the tunic shoulder straps? To be honest, the yellow sweater vest, grey tie and shirt combination make it look like he got dressed in the dark.
I guess Captain Jax is the “best”. At least he looks less like a circus clown than the others.
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by NC Magic Fan on May 3, 2010 10:27 AM EDT reply actions
Best to Stephen Jackson. Worst to Dwyane Wade
Best: I like Jackson’s bold choice of the plaid jacket. It’s 50’s old school classy, and I could see him making a guest appearance on I Love Lucy where Ricky is creating a basketball-theme show, and one of his trumpet players twisted an ankle and cannot perform. Stephen Jackson just happened to be applying for the manager’s position at the Cabana Club, and Ricky sees great potential in Stephen Jackson because Jackson is tall. On a related side story, Ethyl is infatuated with Jackson’s rugged good looks, and Fred is infuriated to the point where he immediately divorces Ethyl and kidnaps Little Ricky because he wants revenge against Ricardo for enabling his marriage’s collapse.
Worst: Dwyane Wade’s shirt is fine on its own, but that black vest is reminiscent of the 80’s. While Jackson’s throwback to another era is kinda cool, I just believe that it is too soon to bring back 80’s fashion. It’s too soon . . . too soon.
Even though the Hippopotamus lacks a stinger for a tail, a truly wise man would rather be sat on by a bee. ~ Banacek
PLEASE call the fashion police.
Even SVG tops all those “playez”.
Time to get that finger bling-bling
Don't mind my spelling. I'm a Typo Master.
WORST: Dwayne Wade BEST: Stephen Jackson
REASONS . . .
D. Wade looks like the Frankenstein of fashion with a combination of lumberjack plaid under a sleeveless Members Only jacket.
S. Jackson does plaid right with a Burberry-esque jacket over a classic white collar.
Sigh . . . Now I need new AVATAR!
I'll say it.
The worst dressed was Dwight Howard. It looks like he is at Hogwarts Graduation. Not to mention somebody once told me to never trust a man in a bow-tie. It fits his playful personality, but sometimes that shouldn’t be translated to playing dress-up in public.
The Best Dressed is Carmelo Anthony. I may just start calling him Carmigan for wearing a tight-fitting sweater that fits his tie. It’s also fair for him to dress emo considering they were just bumped out of the playoffs.
Honorable Mention to Lebron James for wearing his initials on his expensive, white suit-jacket. Nothing says “little kid from Akron” quite like shameless self-promotion.
Most Creative would have to go to Jackson for making a suit jacket out of a table-cloth seen at a church picnic.
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Well...
Best: Carmelo. Nice colors. Simple sophistication without trying to hard to make a statement. He’s the only player who wore something that passes the “I would wear that” test.
Worst: Dwight. C’mon man…thats just terrible. I know he like the military gear, adn it usually works, but this is just atrocious.
Can we get an honorable mention for Shaq (for worst style) when his bow tie was about four inches to the left of center?
Best: Melo Worst: D-Wade
Melo: The cartigan has made a comeback and this time it looks like it’s here to stay. The colors Melo chose compliments the spring season perfectly. Normally I would say that horizontal stripes on the cartigan and a plaid tie would clash but Melo pulls it off perfectly.
D-Wade: I don’t know if he’s about to go fly fishing or be a guest star on American Loggers. The red plaid shirt is almost a tartan pattern which would be sufficient but when you add a bulky/puffy black vest, combined with South Florida temperatures in late April you get a big “What in the world was he thinking?”
Honorable mention: Dwight almost got worst dress but to his credit he highlights the most noticeable feature of his physique: his shoulders. Those things on the shoulders of his jacket are called epaulets and they accent the broadness and width of his upper body.
"One thing about knowing that you're dying is that it keeps reminding you you're alive so it's no time to pass up a party."
- Warren Zevon
Best Dressed: Melo Worst Dressed: D12
Carmelo’s matching colors on his sweater, tie and shirt look straight out of the pages of GQ magazine. It’s stylish, easy on the eyes and I am sure the ladies love it! Then again…
the ladies are probably into all of these guys no matter what outfit they have on.
Dwight’s navy blue military jacket looks great on him… but what was he thinking with that vest and bow tie? D12 is one of my favorite NBA players but as a die-hard magic fan, I never ever want to see him wearing anything close to that “Lakers Gold” colored vest again. (Can you tell that I am still not over “Shaq-ass” leaving “the tiny little pond of Orlando” for the "bright lights of LA "to become a movie star???)
Also, I thought he had moved on from trying to look like “Carlton on the Fresh Prince of Belair” show… so that bow tie has got to go!
P.S. Dwight: I still love you man and I am looking forward to celebrating the NBA Championship in June in the final game played at the old O’RENA!!!
ok. This is tough.
Worst: Carmelo Fer sure. He is wearing an argyle type tie and horizontal stripes! That is a horrible clash! Plus, the colors are very bland. Doesn’t he wear enough baby blue in his uni? Does he really need to wear more.
Best: Dwight. That’s right, I liked it. Maybe I’m biased but, whatevs. His outfit is so him, and he’s the only one that can pull it off. Plus I like yellow.
And LeBron, please take off the lady jacket, it is not flattering what-so-ever. Maybe you didn’t realize that is a womans jacket, but it is!
I'm a girl too.
Haters gonna hate.
WORST: Dwayne Wade BEST: Stephen Jackson
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