NBA Power Rankings: Top 25 Worst Dressed Players in the NBA

Getting dressed is not a hard thing, but it is the simplest things that leave themselves vulnerable to over-thinking. As a result, we have the world of fashion.

Some NBA players are not content with simple and mundane fashion and the results, for better or worse, are usually worth noticing. 

Fashion is in the eye of the beholder and for those that try to be unique, it is full of successes and failures. I certainly do not claim to be an expert, but these next 25 NBA players have at least occasionally donned head scratching and laugh inducing outfits. 

No. 25: Gilbert Arenas

Arenas just wanted a leather lapel, and not a whole jacket. His leather scarf would have looked silly on a leather jacket.

Just because Arenas took the color out of it, doesn't mean this pimp outfit is a style pleaser. 

No. 24: Dwyane Wade

Let's see: It was cold enough to wear a sweat jacket under a super heavy and ultra long overcoat, but he is still going shirtless.

Wade is often impeccably dressed, but his effort can lead to swings and misses. See All-Star professor look—does Wade even need glasses?

No. 23: Paul Pierce

Paul Pierce's horse just came across the wire in a photo finish. In the excitement he dropped his cigar and prune juice.

Thankfully, when Pierce raised his arms, it untucked his shirt and hid the fact the his pants are resting comfortably under his nipples.

No. 22: Hasheem Thabeet

The cool thing about Thabeet's suits is water beads up and rolls off of it like it fell onto a duck's back.

Hasheem "The Dream" also knows how to rock a fuchsia sweater.

No. 21: Tracy McGrady

McGrady didn't want his impressively ugly fur coat covering his hubcap sized watch. So he just attached parts of it on the front of his black jacket.

No. 20: Derrick Rose

I remember that jacket. I gave it to the Goodwill in 1989. I loved its '80s style parachute material, but it was too small for me, and I am only 6' tall.

Rose manages to pull it off by adding his queen-of-the-inmates, wardrobe-malfunction-in-waiting tank top underneath.

No. 19: Amar'e Stoudemire

This is an impressive pairing of items that don't belong together. He has stripes in all directions, a Jimmy Stewart varsity sweater, a tie made from a Bengal and the longest pair of skinny pants ever made.

Amar'e will never be criticized for being a boring dresser.

No. 18: Tyrus Thomas

I'm just not feeling the light purple sweater with the Al Capone-style striped suit. It makes me envision Thomas telling me at gunpoint, in a 1920's gangster accent, "I'm gonna wear this sweater, see. And you're gonna like it, see."

Thomas gets the worst sweater award.

No. 18: Austin Daye

I stand corrected. Yes, picture—that is the worst sweater.

No. 17: Tim Thomas

...and that cloud looks like a mediocre basketball player.

No. 16: Drew Gooden

Drew Gooden was the first overall selection in the annual pallbearer's draft. Does that suit jacket have a zipper?

You can't blame him for this one—there's no sense even trying with that beard.

No. 15: Erick Dampier

I guess when you are 10' tall and 750 pounds, no one tells you that is the ugliest color they have ever seen.

No. 14: Tim Duncan

Tim Duncan had to climb the beanstalk to find clothes that would be that baggy on him.

No. 13: Stephen Jackson

No, thank you. I will not be needing a new set of Encyclopedia Britannica's today. 

Look out, Stephen Jackson! There's a hand crawling up your left shoulder!

No. 12: Deshawn Stevenson

Now this is a story, all about how
My life got flipped-turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right here
And tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-Air.

No. 11: Dwight Howard

I know it must be hard to find pants that are his length, but you'd think Howard could afford a tailor. Maybe he was just trying to start a male capri pants trend.

No. 10: Chris Anderson

Wait, is he wearing a shirt? Or are those just his tattoos? Either way, the argyle socks really pull this one together.

No. 9: Joakim Noah

The only thing keeping David Stern from laughing is his intense thoughts on ways to revise the dress code.

Noah also knows how to bring it on the golf course and rock the suede '70s folk singer look.

No. 8: Glenn Davis

Glenn Davis' self-satisfied look comes from an outstanding alphorn/yodeling session.

No. 7: Carmelo Anthony

Here is Carmelo Anthony out for an indiscreet night. To keep his anonymity, he is disguised as someone with absolutely no athletic ability.

No. 6: Shaquille O’Neal

Shaq is a man of many tastes—apparently Elmo is one of them.

Shaq also is a man of many looks. Here he is as a winter version of Captain America.  Here is Shaq on the beaches of Europe—at least, I hope it's Europe.

No. 5: LeBron James

LeBron wasn't sure people properly got the impression that he had the biggest ego on the planet. He is pretty sure this old style director scarf/tie would do the trick. And...action!

Here is LeBron rocking the man purse. It's good to be the king.

No. 4: Ron Artest

Ron Artest finally found the pants that go with all those ultra-tacky Hawaiian shirts. At least he was wearing clothes for this talk show appearance. 

You think it would be hard for Ron Artest to express the many sides of his personalities through his clothing, but he makes it look so easy.

No. 3: Steve Nash

Steve Nash has come a long way. He went from the pictured nerdy Canadian point guard, to the creepy flasher, to the '70s style swinging pick-up artist and finally, the exhausted business man. 

No. 2 Lamar Odom

It takes a little more to marry a Kardashian. Lamar Odom has a lot more than a little more. Here is a sampling of his very distinctive and versatile fashion sense.

No. 1: Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant is far from the most consistently bad dressers on this list, but when when you have had published pictures from this photo shoot—you will not be dethroned.