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LeBron James swaps black mask... for clear one at request of NBA
L.A.Times ^ | March 1, 2014 | Dan Loumena

Posted on 03/02/2014 6:17:34 AM PST by MeshugeMikey

LeBron James knows that what's in the best interest of the NBA is usually in his best interest, which probably is why he complied with the league's request to wear a clear mask to protect his broken nose Saturday night rather than the cooler-looking black one he wore Thursday.

As long as it’s transparent," James said of the mask. "As long as they can see my face ... my opponents. Just as long as it’s not black."

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: goofy; lebronjames; mask; nba
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To: MeshugeMikey

From what I was reading, it had to do with the inability of other players to read his eyes/expression during the game. Kudos to him for not being a brat about it.


21 posted on 03/02/2014 6:48:01 AM PST by Clintons Are White Trash (If stupid ever reaches $150 a barrel then I want the drilling rights to Maxine Water's head.)
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To: cripplecreek

in post 17 I advance a Marketing Oriented Solution to this problem that evidently escaped thet Giant Minds in the NBA..his team ..and personal management

Team Colors....resulting in an ITEM which could have been rather successfully marketed


22 posted on 03/02/2014 6:49:05 AM PST by MeshugeMikey (how many times has obie fundamentaly transformed obamacare now?)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Your suggestion doesn’t look worse than any other choices. Maybe a “Hello Kitty” theme would be disarming ... it works for my 2-year-old, the Tiny Pink Queen of Evil.


23 posted on 03/02/2014 6:49:41 AM PST by Tax-chick (Lost to headquarters.)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

please see my solutuion to this alleged problem in post 17!


24 posted on 03/02/2014 6:49:52 AM PST by MeshugeMikey (how many times has obie fundamentaly transformed obamacare now?)
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To: Tax-chick

ahahahahahah the HELLO LEBRON look! oh my!


25 posted on 03/02/2014 6:50:23 AM PST by MeshugeMikey (how many times has obie fundamentaly transformed obamacare now?)
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To: MeshugeMikey
I can understand the NBA request...

How many different colored mask will the league allow?

Can a player with a broken nose wear a red, yellow, green, blue, orange, purple mask to match their team colors or their hair......

Make it one standard: clear...

Any potential issue go away...

NBA has LOTS of other issues besides playing arbitrary fashion designer...

Biggest issue is how do they get me to watch their version of thug basketball...

26 posted on 03/02/2014 6:50:44 AM PST by Popman ("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Why is he wearing a mask, we already know who he is


27 posted on 03/02/2014 6:51:05 AM PST by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: Tax-chick

given the “coming out” of that other NBA player....this might have mareting possibilities


28 posted on 03/02/2014 6:51:09 AM PST by MeshugeMikey (how many times has obie fundamentaly transformed obamacare now?)
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To: svcw

allegedly to protect his broken nose from further damage

I still think a Team Colors Mask would have been quite a hit!


29 posted on 03/02/2014 6:52:22 AM PST by MeshugeMikey (how many times has obie fundamentaly transformed obamacare now?)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Just what I was thinking.


30 posted on 03/02/2014 6:52:42 AM PST by Tax-chick (Lost to headquarters.)
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To: Popman
How many different colored mask will the league allow?

MLB allowed several for Dave Parker


31 posted on 03/02/2014 6:53:04 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("I'm a Contra" -- President Ronald Reagan)
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32 posted on 03/02/2014 6:53:46 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("I'm a Contra" -- President Ronald Reagan)
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To: MeshugeMikey
There was a time when NHL goalies didn't wear helmets or masks. Hard to believe.

And check out the catcher's stance in this old baseball photo. This stance was common into the twenties.


33 posted on 03/02/2014 6:54:11 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Popman

Given that FOotball players all wear Helmets adorn with Team Logos...Id suggest that limiting players on any given team to wearing perhaps similarly adorned faces masks in Basketball would solve any potential problems and given them all an added “revenue stream”

what kid In the USA hasnt bout a pair of AIR NIKES?

a series of similarly marketed Face Masks could have been a Goldmine


34 posted on 03/02/2014 6:54:54 AM PST by MeshugeMikey (how many times has obie fundamentaly transformed obamacare now?)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

scarey stuff there!


35 posted on 03/02/2014 6:55:35 AM PST by MeshugeMikey (how many times has obie fundamentaly transformed obamacare now?)
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Less than $3.8k to go!!

36 posted on 03/02/2014 6:56:58 AM PST by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: BenLurkin

Oh man. You can’t make this stuff up.


37 posted on 03/02/2014 7:00:23 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Dr. Sivana
I think an unspoken point the NBA really doesn't want to be discussed in reference to players wearing a black mask is the fact the urban "youts" will emulate their team players on the street by wearing team masks and escalate the inner city urban street thug problems even more..

Just think how many lives have been lost over a pair of sneakers...

38 posted on 03/02/2014 7:02:36 AM PST by Popman ("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: MeshugeMikey
“Just as long as it’s not black.”

Sounds a little rasis to me. Calling Rev Al. Paging Rev Jesse. Shouting for Spike Lee. Pleading wit pResident Obama.

39 posted on 03/02/2014 7:06:54 AM PST by Tupelo (I feel more like Philip Nolan every day)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Great pics.

.


40 posted on 03/02/2014 7:11:06 AM PST by Mears
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