Define business casual....

This is making a lot of people unhappy. Who does David Stern think he is to tell the players what they can and can not wear?

The NBA sent a memo to the teams instituting a new dress code for all NBA players. Basically, they must wear suit jackets when at the games an inactive (like when they are injured and not playing), they must wear a wardrobe defined as 'business casual' in all post-game interviews, as well as when they are representing the team or the league in various promotional engagements. Not that they must wear these things, but rather this is the minimum acceptable.

So what is business casual you may ask? The dictionary defines it as "attire that is acceptable for an office but quite casual, varying depending on the type of business and workplace" Well if it can vary on the type of business and the workplace, then what should the definition be as it applies to the NBA? Obviously, the league is trying to encourage their players to be more professional. They, likely also want the player to set an example to those young impressionable minds who might look up to them. Note the picture of Shaq above as an example of how to dress. His attire is appropriate whether attending a basketball game, going into the office, or bitch slapping some ho, cause she ain't paid you for those tricks yet.

I'll admit that dressing like a pimp is much better than dressing like a thug, I still don't know if that's a very good look for the NBA either. I think the larger issue here is the restriction of freedom. Like I said, some teams already have a dress code. So maybe it should be a team decision (or rather an owner/coach decision), rather than the league enforcing it. Players who be less likely to go against it, if they thought it was for the good of the team, or something like that.

Of course not every team would implement the changes. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is adamantly oppose to the new dress code, probably because he think he may have to start dressing up for games as well. Cuban usually wears jeans and a jersey to almost all of the games, and truly hate the idea of dressing up. Tim Duncan and Allen Iverson are also against the new dress code. Duncan wore a suit to a game once and had the worst game of his life, now he never wears suit, because it may be bad luck; Iverson on the other hand is just a thug.

"I don't see it happening unless every NBA player is given a stipend to buy clothes." -- Marcus Camby, who will make 7.15 million this season, when informed about the new dress code.

Hmmm... Interesting point, I hadn't thought about that. Thank you Marcus.