Why do college players wear T-shirts under their jerseys and NBA players don't? [Archive] - Message Board Basketball Forum

pillage

03-03-2009, 06:30 AM

Rules in NBA are more strict, plus most players do it because they're insecure about their frame. Being in the NBA theyre usually bigger. ;)

Most heard reason is bc the fabric of jerseys irritate them.

*I read Ewing started the 'trend' when he wore a shirt under his jerseys because he used to catch a cold. I call bull****.

TheWitness

03-03-2009, 06:33 AM

plus NBA players wear tight bodyfit thingies instead of T-shirts!

Meticode

03-03-2009, 06:35 AM

Pretty sure NBA players don't wear shirts under jerseys because it's against dress-code. Just like some teams won't allow you to wear a headband (ie: Bulls, Heat) to name a couple teams.

TheWitness

03-03-2009, 06:38 AM

Pretty sure NBA players don't wear shirts under jerseys because it's against dress-code. Just like some teams won't allow you to wear a headband (ie: Bulls, Heat) to name a couple teams.

LOL thats weird... its just now that i noticed that no players on the Bulls and heat line up wears headbands! hahaha!

pillage

03-03-2009, 06:41 AM

Clifford Robinson doesnt like this.

Meticode

03-03-2009, 06:47 AM

LOL thats weird... its just now that i noticed that no players on the Bulls and heat line up wears headbands! hahaha!

I don't think they ever have. When Larry Hughes got traded to the Bulls last year he had to dump the headband when he was using it in Cleveland. The same with Jermaine O'Neal to the Heat. He wore it with the Raptors then had to dump it with the Heat.

It's just one of those things. Like in baseball some teams want you to be cleaning shaven except for a mustache (ie: Reds and Yankees).

TheWitness

03-03-2009, 07:01 AM

hmmmmm got me thinking what if Melo went to the bulls...

Kobe Jnr

03-03-2009, 07:27 AM

i thought i herd from somewhere, that they have to wear shirt underneath is because there a freshman or something, im not sure abt the order b/c im from Australia so.... i think.

Gevz2kX

03-03-2009, 07:38 AM

Pretty sure NBA players don't wear shirts under jerseys because it's against dress-code. Just like some teams won't allow you to wear a headband (ie: Bulls, Heat) to name a couple teams.

not true about the Heat. Jermaine O'Neal wears a headband

mika

03-03-2009, 07:56 AM

under armour:banana:

a lot of it probably has to do with the nba rules though, they banned tights and recently dwyane wade's illustrated band aids.

BankShot

03-03-2009, 08:04 AM

not true about the Heat. Jermaine O'Neal wears a headband

He did in Indiana and Toronto, but if you've actually seen him in a game in Miami, you'd know he doesn't wear one. He looks f'n weird without a sweatband.

pillage

03-03-2009, 08:34 AM

He did in Indiana and Toronto, but if you've actually seen him in a game in Miami, you'd know he doesn't wear one. He looks f'n weird without a sweatband.

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090303/capt.4d4f9686b0b341efb252992fdd9f8bde.cavaliers_he at_basketball_aaa102.jpg

biisak

03-03-2009, 08:35 AM

Dont you guys have some retarded **** about covering up tattoos as well?

sick_brah07

03-03-2009, 08:59 AM

The_Pope

03-03-2009, 09:13 AM

Do you reckon the Bulls would drop their 'no headbands' rule for LeBron?

sick_brah07

03-03-2009, 10:24 AM

Do you reckon the Bulls would drop their 'no headbands' rule for LeBron?

i dont understand what is that bad about a headband, out of all the things they wear in the nba that is actualy worthy thing to wear.

maybe they jus hate iverson

TheWitness

03-03-2009, 10:29 AM

bulls would definitely drop that rule if lebron would enter the team...

sick_brah07

03-03-2009, 10:36 AM

bulls would definitely drop that rule if lebron would enter the team...
but jordan never wore one?

Posterize246

03-03-2009, 10:38 AM

They wear them in college because they can. They don't wear them in the Nba because it's against the dress code.

TheWitness

03-03-2009, 10:38 AM

Jordan wasnt used to wearing one thats why...

Huey Freeman

03-03-2009, 10:41 AM

You'll never see an Orlando player with a head band.

trig

03-03-2009, 10:57 AM

Bulls had that rule to clean-up chicago during the eddie robinson days. dunno about the heat and orlando.

Regarding Tshirts, maybe they don't want to show their armpits lol

PK3434

03-03-2009, 11:04 AM

They wear them in college because they can. They don't wear them in the Nba because it's against the dress code.

exactly...if nba players were allowed to, they would. if you ever see footage of an nba practice, half the guys are wearing long sleaved shirts and sweatpants while they practice.

swyftdahoe

03-03-2009, 12:30 PM

Whatever. T-shirts under jerseys is a stupid look.

swyftdahoe

03-03-2009, 12:31 PM

exactly...if nba players were allowed to, they would. if you ever see footage of an nba practice, half the guys are wearing long sleaved shirts and sweatpants while they practice.

I think that's mainly to keep warm since you're not doing full court sprinting, etc..

Huey Freeman

03-03-2009, 12:40 PM

exactly...if nba players were allowed to, they would. if you ever see footage of an nba practice, half the guys are wearing long sleaved shirts and sweatpants while they practice.
I've seen a pic of an NBA rookie (name doesn't come to mind, but I think he played for the Suns) who wore a t-shirt under his NBA jersey. Wish I could find that trading card again.

LA_Showtime

03-03-2009, 02:30 PM

i dunno why...

even james was wearing a t-shirt like thingy in his Highschool days...

thats even highschool and not College...

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that LeBron wore sleeves to cover his tatoos.

collusion

03-03-2009, 02:56 PM

No headband rule also applies to the jazz

Terp in LA

03-03-2009, 03:04 PM

Toby Bailey from UCLA always had one on.

Riker

03-03-2009, 03:17 PM

LOL thats weird... its just now that i noticed that no players on the Bulls and heat line up wears headbands! hahaha!

Well you are certainly new to NBA because Bulls had that in their team "policy" for a long long time.

Imagine James in Chicago? How would he hide that receding hairline? Would he complain to Jerry Reinsdorf about it? Demand to wear headband? LOL.

Seriously, for a forum filled with NBA experts, I'm surprised you don't know about something that's a common NBA trivia

Huey Freeman

03-03-2009, 04:06 PM

Well you are certainly new to NBA because Bulls had that in their team "policy" for a long long time.

Imagine James in Chicago? How would he hide that receding hairline? Would he complain to Jerry Reinsdorf about it? Demand to wear headband? LOL.

Seriously, for a forum filled with NBA experts, I'm surprised you don't know about something that's a common NBA trivia
Ben Wallace got to wear his head band in Chi.

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2008/writers/steve_aschburner/02/05/wallace.bulls/p1.wallace.jpg

Riker

03-03-2009, 04:23 PM

They had to make special exception for his bum ass :rant

Mathius

03-03-2009, 04:32 PM

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that LeBron wore sleeves to cover his tatoos.

You're partly right. James wore a sleeve to cover his NEW tattoos. He'd just got new ink put on and didn't want them to get scratched or whatever while they were still healing. I would do the same, but then James has money to get them touched up if something goes wrong. Still, it makes sense.

I don't know why guys like Lebron, Hamilton, Wade, Kobe, etc. have taken to wearing the sleeves on their shooting arm. It seems to me like it would be restrictive when you bend your elbow at a complete 90.

Mathius

willds09

03-03-2009, 04:33 PM

Blazers don't wear headbands either.

Gevz2kX

03-03-2009, 04:58 PM

He did in Indiana and Toronto, but if you've actually seen him in a game in Miami, you'd know he doesn't wear one. He looks f'n weird without a sweatband.

looks like you're the one who hasn't actually seen him in a game in Miami

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/06e07986-16df-42f2-8875-984c04188bd9.jpg

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/a670187c-baba-42b0-962b-e8eb90d9ef3d.jpg

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/1f8352d6-9740-497a-adb7-2d48a4cf077f.jpg

JJ81

03-03-2009, 05:01 PM

They probably dont let them any more.

MrEncinas

03-03-2009, 05:03 PM

looks like you're the one who hasn't actually seen him in a game in Miami

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/06e07986-16df-42f2-8875-984c04188bd9.jpg

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/a670187c-baba-42b0-962b-e8eb90d9ef3d.jpg

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/1f8352d6-9740-497a-adb7-2d48a4cf077f.jpg
They just started letting him wear it a couple games ago. First few games he wasn't wearing one.

Chicago-Rose

03-03-2009, 05:05 PM

PK3434

03-03-2009, 05:15 PM

I think that's mainly to keep warm since you're not doing full court sprinting, etc..

Not really. its more of an ego thing. I know it sounds stupid but a lot of the best players I have ever played with or against have played or practiced if allowed to, in absurd clothing. it basically says, "im so good, i can beat you no matter what." I've seen a kid win an aau dunk contest with jeans on and the best player on my college team used to wear a red long sleeved tee under his practice jersey (we had no red in our uniforms).

FinishHim!

03-03-2009, 05:29 PM

What happened to the no headband rule in Miami. They changed their mind after looking at JO's Tyra Banks 5 head?

wasteland

03-03-2009, 06:42 PM

I don't know why guys like Lebron, Hamilton, Wade, Kobe, etc. have taken to wearing the sleeves on their shooting arm. It seems to me like it would be restrictive when you bend your elbow at a complete 90.

No, it wouldn't. It actually gives your shooting hand more of a feel cause it tightens it. Armbands can do the same...

Dizzle-2k7

03-03-2009, 06:49 PM

I like the college tall tee look.. some of my favorite ballers have sported a T in their college days (ben gordon was sick at uconn.. teague currently at wake)

BankShot

03-03-2009, 06:59 PM

looks like you're the one who hasn't actually seen him in a game in Miami

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/06e07986-16df-42f2-8875-984c04188bd9.jpg

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/a670187c-baba-42b0-962b-e8eb90d9ef3d.jpg

http://a.espncdn.com/media/apphoto/1f8352d6-9740-497a-adb7-2d48a4cf077f.jpg

Well f*ck me running. The one Heat game i watched he didn't have a sweatband on, and he looked weird as s*it.

When you're wrong you're wrong.

BillytheKidder

03-03-2009, 07:09 PM

I was in Miami for the Cavs game this weekend and what I got from the Sports pages was that the Heat let Wade wear the bandaid so they let O'Neal wear headband. Then the league took away the bandaid.

Bill

zabuza666

03-03-2009, 07:40 PM

I don't think they ever have. When Larry Hughes got traded to the Bulls last year he had to dump the headband when he was using it in Cleveland. The same with Jermaine O'Neal to the Heat. He wore it with the Raptors then had to dump it with the Heat.

It's just one of those things. Like in baseball some teams want you to be cleaning shaven except for a mustache (ie: Reds and Yankees).

O'neal wore a headband in the match against the cavs?

monkeypox

03-03-2009, 07:56 PM

College jerseys are made out of inferior materials which chafes the players nipples something awful.

loot

03-04-2009, 06:15 PM

about Riley allowing JO to wear his sweatband

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/basketball/story/931397.html

Myth

03-04-2009, 06:20 PM

Well f*ck me running. The one Heat game i watched he didn't have a sweatband on, and he looked weird as s*it.

When you're wrong you're wrong.

Jesus, he does look weird.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/2009/02/18/oneal_heat_courtesy_260.jpg

TLV

03-05-2009, 05:07 AM

Hahaha JO's so black you couldn't tell he was wearing a headband.

Toizumi

03-05-2009, 05:23 AM

Jerry Sloan is known for not allowing his players to wear headbands. I didn't know it was bulls policy to not allow players to wear headbands, I thought it was Scott Skiles who didn't allow it the last couple of years. I remember the whole fuzz about Ben Wallace not being allowed to wear one...

But anyway, NBA players probably aren't allowed to wear T shirts, I believe I heard this somewhere. Tried to look it up in the rulebook but I can't find anything. :confusedshrug:

Edit: Jermaine O'neal has a huge forehead :D

JordanL

03-05-2009, 05:39 AM

Blazers have a strict no headband policy now too. But it's because it's a policy of McMillian.

He made a special exception for LaMarcus Aldridge because of a ruptured eardrum that he had to keep fluids out of.

ZOMG

03-05-2009, 06:42 AM

Jesus, he does look weird.

JO has a bald pinhead, narrow shoulders and a big ass. Not a great look. Somehow the headband helps a little.

loot

03-05-2009, 06:49 AM

JO has a bald pinhead, narrow shoulders and a big ass. Not a great look. Somehow the headband helps a little.
you just described a somalian person :D

Toizumi

03-05-2009, 06:54 AM

you just described a somalian person :D

that's so racist, yet so true :oldlol: :D

wang4three

03-05-2009, 09:44 AM

David Stern has a fetish for shoulders.

Mathius

03-05-2009, 10:41 AM

No, it wouldn't. It actually gives your shooting hand more of a feel cause it tightens it. Armbands can do the same...

That statement is retarded on several levels.

Tightening doesn't give you more feel, it gives you less. It's a medical fact. Restrictions cause less blood flow, which means less blood to the appendages, i.e. your hands, which means LESS feel on your shooting hand.

Also, sweatbands/armbands are not tight enough to be restrictive. They swell with your arm movement, unless you're wearing one that is too small for you.

They do make elastic oversized rubber bands that are used for some kind of change in circulation. Glen Rice used to wear them just below his kneecap in his later days.

If you want to make a case that it's better for them as a shooter, you're going to have to come up with an explanation that's not stupid.

Mathius

loot

03-05-2009, 10:49 AM

They do make elastic oversized rubber bands that are used for some kind of change in circulation. Glen Rice used to wear them just below his kneecap in his later days.

Mathius

That statement is retarded on several levels.

Those rubber bands pressure off of the patellar tendons. Your patella tendon attaches the kneecap to your tibia and your femur. Your patella (kneecap) is supposed to moving up and down smoothly when you're running/walking, Glen Rice had problems with this, hence the rubber bands, taking pressure of off his knee.

Loot

Riker

03-05-2009, 11:01 AM

That statement is retarded on several levels.

Those rubber bands pressure off of the patellar tendons. Your patella tendon attaches the kneecap to your tibia and your femur. Your patella (kneecap) is supposed to moving up and down smoothly when you're running/walking, Glen Rice had problems with this, hence the rubber bands, taking pressure of off his knee.

Loot

Oversized rubber bands for changing the circulation?

LMAO

Someone certainly lacks some circulation in some vital parts of human body...geez...lol

BlazersDozen

03-05-2009, 11:14 AM

Pretty sure NBA players don't wear shirts under jerseys because it's against dress-code. Just like some teams won't allow you to wear a headband (ie: Bulls, Heat) to name a couple teams.

Kobe wore a purple t-shirt a few times a couple seasons ago.

Mathius

03-05-2009, 11:20 AM

That statement is retarded on several levels.

Those rubber bands pressure off of the patellar tendons. Your patella tendon attaches the kneecap to your tibia and your femur. Your patella (kneecap) is supposed to moving up and down smoothly when you're running/walking, Glen Rice had problems with this, hence the rubber bands, taking pressure of off his knee.

Loot

Well I read he had circulation problems, but that's fine. Makes more sense anyways. Thank you for the correction. Doesn't change the fact that the idea that sleeves or armbands aren't worn to make your arms more "tight" and give you "more feel".

Mathius

loot

03-05-2009, 11:25 AM

Well I read he had circulation problems, but that's fine. Makes more sense anyways. Thank you for the correction. Doesn't change the fact that the idea that sleeves or armbands aren't worn to make your arms more "tight" and give you "more feel".

Mathius

Maybe the circulation problems were caused by the band being too tight hehehe. Glen Rice had chronic knee injuries. Tendinitis iirc.

Mathius

03-05-2009, 11:27 AM

Maybe the circulation problems were caused by the band being too tight hehehe. Glen Rice had chronic knee injuries. Tendinitis iirc.

I don't know. I looked into it way back in like.. 95? when I first noticed he wore them during the three point contest the year he won, and Miner won the dunk contest. I doubt any of those articles are still around in electronic form.

Mathius

loot

03-05-2009, 11:30 AM

Mathius

03-05-2009, 11:32 AM

I don't know, did Miner wear them too?

It was adviced to me to look for those when I had tendinitis in both knees. Shortly after getting the advice my right knee just twisted (instead of getting my ankles broken, I got my knee jacked up). I never looked into it much but I think my knees just were weaker then they were supposed to be because I kept playing through tendinitis. Anytway, that's how I know about those bands.

I don't remember Miner ever wearing anything outside of some armbands and a knee brace at one point when he hurt his knee. But that was such a long time ago. If you'd have asked me at the time, I could have quoted you all his statistics and his birthdate. He was probably my favorite player of all time. He could flat out score. Now? Didn't seem much point in remembering any of that information.

Mathius

Meticode

03-05-2009, 01:02 PM

Kobe wore a purple t-shirt a few times a couple seasons ago.

Different teams have different dress-codes. Some of the codes are league-wide, some are just team-wide. Such as if you're on the Bulls you can't wear a head-band or the Heat.

CoryThaGr8

03-06-2009, 07:22 PM

does anyone know why that kid from Oklahoma i think wear a long sleeved shirt?

Cabbage

03-06-2009, 07:26 PM

hmmmmm got me thinking what if Melo went to the bulls...

Keep dreaming

loot

03-06-2009, 07:27 PM

does anyone know why that kid from Oklahoma i think wear a long sleeved shirt?

Tony Crocker. 'To stay warm during games' because he had difficulties with it. probably went cold too much... http://www.tulsaworld.com/sports/article.aspx?subjectid=92&articleid=20090104_92_B4_Oklaho10643

dumb ****

"Tony told me yesterday that he is going back to the sleeved shirt to try and break the shooting slump." meh

highwhey

03-06-2009, 07:31 PM

You're partly right. James wore a sleeve to cover his NEW tattoos. He'd just got new ink put on and didn't want them to get scratched or whatever while they were still healing. I would do the same, but then James has money to get them touched up if something goes wrong. Still, it makes sense.

I don't know why guys like Lebron, Hamilton, Wade, Kobe, etc. have taken to wearing the sleeves on their shooting arm. It seems to me like it would be restrictive when you bend your elbow at a complete 90.

Mathius
Then again, it's no surprise why LeBron can't shoot for $hit.
JK, I love LBJ.