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NBA Style: How to Dress an NBA Big Man

It isn't always easy to find stylish clothes when you are the size of an NBA player. nike air max classic bw It's almost impossible to find outfits straight off the rack and oftentimes players will have to work with tailors to make sure shirts and pants fit correctly.

Orlando Magic power forward Glen "Big Baby" Davis nike air classic bw has a lot of experience shopping for a body size that is much larger than the average consumer. He cares about how he looks and he told us his strategies for shopping and working with a stylist.

Take it from him: It isn't as easy as it looks when they are doing Nike Air Max Tailwind 5 their postgame press conferences.

Phil Jackson will gladly show you all 13 of his NBA championship rings when you ask to see one

Sure, the book he signed up for Twitter to promote is called "Eleven Rings," but legendary nike air max 24-7 NBA coach/Detroit Pistons consultant Phil Jackson actually has 13 rings — 11 earned directing the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, and two recognizing his work as a defensive-minded reserve forward on the 1970 and 1973 New York Knicks.

For many NBA types, rings won as a player would represent the pinnacle of achievement in the sport; in Jackson's case, though, they serve as sort of a precursor and accent mark to the story of his later coaching accomplishments. As air max bw such — and also because they aren't quite as flashy as what came later — it seems like we don't often see Jackson sporting the rings he won on the floor. One Zen Master Twitter follower wondered what they looked like:

Jackson, now throwing himself wholeheartedly into social media, was happy to oblige, nike air max bw and do so in a pretty perfectly Phil way:

Why Derrick Rose Is the Greatest Decoy in NBA Playoff History

Derrick Rose has become bigger than the Chicago cheap nfl jerseys free shipping Bulls.

The entire NBA season has been cheap nfl jerseys spent wondering when he would come back. Gradually, "when" became "if," but the true issue at hand never wavered.

We've been fascinated by Rose. Completely and utterly enthralled. wholesale nba jerseys And by immersing ourselves in his world, he's become more than just a player. He's a concept, something we believe or disbelieve in. Rose is his own attraction.

Breaking Down Every 2013 NBA Playoff 2nd-Round Series

Eight teams gone, eight teams left and four spots open to advance Cheap New York Jets Jerseys into the conference finals of the NBA playoffs. We're zipping right along in an extremely exciting postseason to this point.

So far, we've seen the Chicago Bulls overcome Cheap Dallas Mavericks Jerseys some Old Testament-style plagues, the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs sweep with few issues, the Indiana Pacers and Memphis Grizzlies fight their way to an ugly series victory, the Oklahoma City Thunder move on without an All-Star, the New York Knicks Cheap L.A. Lakers Jerseys stumble into four wins and the Golden State Warriors emerge as the only real upset.

The second round that remains at our fingertips looks to be a thriller—four series with the capability of going the distance.

Damian Lillard wins the NBA’s 2012-13 Rookie of the Year Award

Portland Trail Blazers point guard has been named the NBA's Nike Air Structure Triax 91 2012-13 Rookie of the Year, as announced late afternoon Wednesday in the least surprising news of the league's awards season so far. The sixth pick in last June's draft received all 121 first-place votes, becoming the first unanimous winner since Blake Griffin in the 2010-11 season. Lillard led all rookies in scoring average (19.0 ppg), assists (6.5 apg), and minutes (38.6 mpg, also second overall in the NBA) and established himself as the award's frontrunner in the earliest days of the season.

Lillard impressed throughout the season with his scoring ability and feel for the game, becoming one of the leaders of the Blazers along with All-Star power forward LaMarcus Aldridge and a face of the franchise moving forward. Lillard nike air max 91 helped to fill the backcourt gap left by the injury-plagued final seasons of Brandon Roy, the franchise's last Rookie of the Year in 2006-07, and he was one of the most watchable players in the league for non-partisans, as well.

Nevertheless, there's some question as to whether he deserved to be a unanimous winner. In separate pieces for ESPN.com, Ethan Sherwood Strauss and Henry Abbott argued that New Orleans Hornets power forward Anthony Davis, the top pick in Nike Trainer 1.3 Max the draft and a distant second in voting, deserved the award on the strengths of his stellar defense and better efficiency stats, even though he played in 18 fewer games and nearly 10 fewer minutes per game than Lillard. Despite playing significantly less time than Lillard, several stats show that Davis added more value to his team over the course of the season. And while efficiency shouldn't always stand in for value, these metrics do show that Davis likely didn't earn enough attention for his contributions this season.