Best in Show

The Kufere Laing Lounge

For all the NBA Draft hoopla about who gets drafted where, who gets traded, and how huge one’s upside is; what gets overlooked is how they dress! After all the first impression is lasting.
While Blake Griffin is the best prospect in this draft, he certainly wasn’t the best dressed. Griffin was in between, keeping it simple and being flashy, but the color scheme was a bit odd. Even though black goes with everything and the purple goes well with the black, I thought the suit was too basic and unoriginal.
James Harden has a reputation for being an “old school” player and took this reputation a step further by wearing a bow tie. Harden may have looked the best of all the lottery picks and his bow tie experiment turned out a lot better than this one. With the bow tie, Harden took a risk, but certaintly made sure he didn’t show up to the party with someone else’s outfit.
Tyreke Evans, Jonny Flynn, and Steph Curry all chose the traditional suit route and looked great. They chose great color schemes, to offset their nice, non-complex suits, turning their outfits from simple to elegant. This set of draftees used a nice color shirt to offset their suits, in addition to having ties that matched the shirt, without blending in. Flynn really stood out by wearing pink, a light color which offset his suit without clashing.
Also making the cut for “Best in Show” was Detroit’s Austin Daye and Milwaukee’s Brandon Jennings. While the sweater in the summer look isn’t the greatest, Daye still pulled it off especially since he used a light color like baby blue, a nice light summer color. Jennings had a simple suit, but I really liked his shirt and tie, the purple stripes with the purple tie looked really good, and also match the Buck’s logo. . .well maybe a little.
Lastly, of all the draftees, Ricky Rubio had the worst outfit. A bland black suit with a black tie and most importantly the suit didn’t seem to fit Rubio to well. Maybe it’s the European style or Rubio just doesn’t have good style. Either way, I wasn’t a big fan of Rubio’s wardrobe choice. Better luck next time double R.