I wanted a leopard tablecloth but we ran
out of fabric
coach Mordecai here not substituted for
anyone with the NBA season about to
start we're gonna take a look at last
season's best suits that graced the
runways of the NBA tunnels I love how
these guys wear graphic tees with a suit
these aren't just graphics they're
centers they're right there that's their
tie they don't need to be wearing
collared shirts they're not going to a
formal affair and if it's a rule of the
organization that they after wear a suit
at least they're having fun with it I
like that they're not required to wear a
button-up it clearly are getting dressed
or clearly taking pride in what they're
wearing and I love that everyone that's
not a doctor it's not a lawyer that's
not a rabbi should really wear a t-shirt
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with a suit it's rock and roll it's fun
it's edgy it's different it's rebellious
these graphic tees that these guys
choose to wear are almost more
fashionable in a way there's a Rolling
Stones logo those are Gucci logos so
they are high-end they're also wearing
suit separates and I don't love suit
separates with jeans and t-shirts but I
like it on these guys because they don't
have to wear suits they probably threw
away the pants when I got these jackets
they wear them with pride they're where
would GZ much sneakers they don't give a
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I love that they're wearing patterned
shirts with suits I really love with
Kelly obray did in that last season
high-waisted patterned shirt tucked 50s
PJ Collard over the lapel beat up
Chuck's perfect crop the best I think
he's the pinnacle of MBA tunnel fashion
tucked shirt gentlemanly but with swag I
mean he's got attitude
Damian on the other hand pink with the
black I like that print I like that
match up his shoes are very shiny and
new doesn't agree with me so well I mean
he looks like he's tripping over the
handle of his bag and it's killing me
but you can't blame them they're not
modeling these guys in tunnel fashion
they're just moving along they're going
from point A to point B and I like it
how his shirt is untucked I don't know
if he meant to tuck if he's about to go
into the locker room and he tucked real
quick but I really liked that parent
a strong look for the tunnel fashion is
definitely the turtleneck and blazer
it's flair but subtle it's not a graphic
tee it's not a pattern top you can wear
a pattern suit and just let your clean
turtleneck arise you can put your chain
outside you can put your chain inside it
lets your entire outfit shine because
it's just so clean up top down below I
mean the pants could always be longer
when the NBA guys get dressed but then
again it's probably hard to find their
inseam I like the idea of clutching your
shoes that you're actually about to play
in I don't need a Louie BOGO duffel bag
to carry my shoes here they are subtle
flecks the sneakers I'd rather see hard
bottoms when you're wearing a turtleneck
in a blazer there's a play we're seeing
a lot of in the NBA tunnel fashions
which is vests worn without a jacket
Damian Lillard has been a champion of
this trend
I like how Demian Lillard clutching his
jacket and his phone in one hand a man
about to make a meeting a man about to
make a big play a man on the move when I
see him without a jacket being clutched
or over the shoulder not worn at all it
sort of looks like a onesie and blends
right in to us non-professional players
I don't mind a vest worn with trousers
but I think a jacket in the hand
clutched is the real Power Move I really
like what Deandra is doing because the
vest sort of looks knit it doesn't look
like it's the same fabric as the trouser
so it's not necessarily a suit but it's
part of suiting I also like that he's
wearing a fedora over his braids very
classic menswear I like that these guys
are wearing businessman suits they're in
the NBA they can wear anything they want
there might be rules of travel you must
wear a jacket when traveling you must
wear a suit but I like that it looks
like they're wearing their own clothes
wear a tie don't wear a tie I'm not
going to win a meeting tie is not
required
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if you're gonna wear a pattern or like a
windowpane or a subtle plaid the bolder
plaids for the bolder ballers make sense
I like that pj stays with the high-waist
it's wide and flared but high waisted
and it doesn't look that comical on him
I actually like it the shorts which the
Blazer is a short suit I really like for
an athletic guy in an athletic cut these
guys don't have to wear hard bottoms
that's also really interesting that they
go above and beyond and actually do wear
lace-up shoes but they're not playing in
not just sneakers but actual shoes
amazing in a world of loud suits in the
NBA tunnel fashion when someone decides
to wear just chinos and a blazer kind of
borrowed from prep it's interesting it's
schoolboy it's fashion without being
fashion they're hitting a trend without
necessarily you know look at me outfits
I love the upper of a classic blazer
with a tie looks like a sort of rep
stripe tie but when they're tie bar it's
interesting to see these younger ballers
in elements of suiting maybe a blazer
maybe trousers but with chinos with
sneakers with jeans kind of really
making it their own and not a classic
suit the new season approaching if they
want to flex with more pattern go for it
but I really hope the crop slack ends
that trend must cease I really want the
shoe to meet the pan I like what Kyle's
doing he's got an elongated jacket he's
wearing a t-shirt to keep it safe it's a
loud print but it's also just black and
white and kind of subtle at the same
time and it fits him really nicely as
far as color I really like what he did
with the yellow it's an unusual marigold
sort of yellow the shoes pop as his
accessory
this is one trend the cinched ankle that
might be worse than a cropped rouser you
know they can have all the athleticism
in their clothes on court and off court
when they're practicing why would you
want your trousers cinched why I like
what Dennis Schroeder is doing but I
think it's more suitable for a pre ski
neon I don't mind it I like high vis
wakes us up it's less than boring it's
trending on the streets and I like that
it's trending in the tunnel my favorite
is the way Myles Turner he does a yellow
but he pairs it with black trousers no
need to go all out all over but if you
do I like the green and black
combination too I wouldn't go high vis
with mixing the colors the way
construction workers do they do it for a
reason these guys want to be seen but
they're not knocking anybody over in the
tunnel mauve is a color is pretty cool
it's color without being loud it's a
break from the grays the blacks the
navies and the Browns without going
towards the lilacs and light blues and
yellows it's pretty safe I like a navy
suit and I like it's sort of worn on
traditionally with a button-up shirt
with a giant flash going through it and
I like that they wear sneakers with
these particular suits because they're
conservative in their own way they can
use a little flash with the sneakers I
also like that they're wearing with a
plain sneakers with them they're not
look at me sneakers pocket square
instead of a tie and pocket square you
know one over the other the one dude and
tie that's great
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with this last slide of Navy I want to
see more of that I want to see more
conservative less patterns let's look at
me more appropriate fitting suits give
me color give me different silhouettes
but keep it classic 250 yards or so
between the busts in the locker room is
the new runway
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