It reminds me of when I played mixed social and the old ladies would be wearing leggings under their netball skirts.
They might have some medical reason , they wear them , much like AFL players wear the leggings when they train?????

82 games in a season play play-offs is a long time to play with out getting some sort of soft tissue injuries, if it help a player to stay healthy and play at there peek performance I have no problem with it.

Steven Waugh was wearing them for the last 2 or 3 year of his playing day and it help his recovery and on field performance.

If they are going to help keep the key player increase performance and ultimately increase the reputation of the product then it is a good thing. How PO would you be if you went to a Lakers Vs Philly game and Kobe or AI didn't play because they had a niggling calf strain? I know I would be.

David Bailey from the Perth Wildcats and Mark Worthington from the Sydney Kings are wearing the upper body micro skins (forget the correct name) underneath there uniform and nearly every AFL player wears them for training now. If Brett's Hamstring and calf strains affect his game next season he may want to look at wearing them?

Just a thought.

Wear what they want I say

Also because its fricken freezing over there at the moment! Keeps their legs warm in timeouts and when their subbed out etc. They also help circulation, and will assist recorvery from a corky or sprain.

I think you will find that most of the players that wear them (LeBron, Bogut etc) are sponsored by Nike and it is an advertising push by Nike to sell more product.

If LeBron wears NIKE stockings then I have to wear NIKE stockings!

I thought Bogut looked shocking in them.Black leg stockings,white uniform,and white shoes,he looked like a scrubber!

I'm going to wear them in the winter. And i thought bogut looked cool. I think white shoes/black socks (in this case leggings) looks great

I'm not sure if LeBron is still wearing them, but I remember a couple of weeks ago on ESPN they had a Cavs game. The commentators were talking about the tights and when asked before the game, LeBron said that he was only wearing because he was having some knee soreness, and would ditch them.
I think they are cool, I think that if the players want to wear them, them they should be able to.
Bogut did look stupid, but Joe Smith had white ones on, and they looked awesome.

I think if they want to wear them they should, if u want to pick on players doing something for fasion purposes focuse you energy on baller bands. BTW i was thinking of getting some skins shorts for the winter season, not game enough to go for the full length, but the $80 price tag might make me think twice...

Saw this picture recently and it captures some of the craziness of the NBA. There's a white guy with black legs, a Bull and Raptor playing for New York, a black guy with half a stocking, and another black guy with full stockings.

Thanks Moses, you have made my point for me. How crappy does Jason Williams look !!

VC fan - ill concentrate on whatever part of the sport i feel like thanks, that includes what my "idols" are or arent wearing on the court.

The guys at YaysportsNBA have been having a field day with the leggings. If you're not a Yaysports reader, you really should be. Here's some of their better tights pics:

As for Jason Williams ..... how can you say he looks "crappy"? ;-)

He looks like one of the girls in my sisters Ballet class !!

Nice pics . Like the one with Duncan and Parker .

If you liked the Duncan/Parker picture, try these for a laugh (warning - there's offensive language below that shouldn't be viewed by children but damn, it's funny!):

Duncan v Swift last week


One day after THE trade


When THE trade went through


Really - if you don't read YaysportsNBA, you're not alive. It's a scream, even if it is written by a Cavs fan.

Or the cartoon of the Supersonics 2005/2006 season:

LOL ^