No way would I wear those terminally ugly things.
My wife used to like to watch basketball games bur when the players started wearing those long shorts she hasn't’ watched one since.
http://fansided.com/2012/11/29/michael-jordan-banned-from-miami-beach-country-club-for-wearing-cargo-shorts/
I say the basketball short is way better today. It looks 100 times better than the old school way. Watch a NBA game from 30 years ago, and the players look like they just got back from a gay pride parade with those short shorts. The old uniform would make the Village People proud. The game looked like it was played in the Castro district of SF. The longer short makes you look more straight. Like you will be chasing broads after the game.
Maybe it wasn’t basketball she was really interested in.
Cargo shorts have nothing to do with basketball trunks except both longer since Jerry West days