Back in 2005 when NBA commissioner David Stern enforced a dress code, all he wanted was for his players to not show up to their respective arenas looking like thugs. Who knew that eight years later they would look like they stepped right off the pages of GQ.
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The May 2013 issue of GQ sets out to display some of the most stylish guys in the league who have used the dress code to their advantage and can easily be recognized as some of the best dressed men in sports, period.
GQ’s Steve Marsh spent a week trailing basketball’s biggest names—Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James—to find out how they’re turning the league into a runway for the world’s tallest peacocks.
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Eric Ray Davidson got behind the lens to photograph these NBA superstars to profile just how far these guys have come from a sartorial standpoint. You can check out the finished spread in the gallery above or peep the full article by clicking here.
