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2012 NBA playoff fashion labeled ‘Geek Chic’

by Marquise Francis | June 15, 2012 at 4:18 PM
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Russell Westbrook #0 of the Oklahoma City Thunder (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Russell Westbrook #0 of the Oklahoma City Thunder (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Dwyane Wade #3 and LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat

Dwyane Wade #3 and LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat

Russell Westbrook of the Thunder (Larry Brown Sports)

Russell Westbrook of the Thunder (Larry Brown Sports)

Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat (Larry Brown Sports)

Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat (Larry Brown Sports)

Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat answers questions after the Heat defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat answers questions after the Heat defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Dwyane Wade and LeBron James of the Miami Heat (Getty Images)

Dwyane Wade and LeBron James of the Miami Heat (Getty Images)

New York Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire sits courtside with his fiancee Alexis Welch watch the Miami Heat host the Boston Celtics (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

New York Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire sits courtside with his fiancee Alexis Welch watch the Miami Heat host the Boston Celtics (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Rajon Rondo of the Boston Celtics (Larry Brown Sports)

Rajon Rondo of the Boston Celtics (Larry Brown Sports)

Nick Young of the Los Angeles Clippers (Larry Brown Sports)

Nick Young of the Los Angeles Clippers (Larry Brown Sports)

Russell Westbrook #0 of the Oklahoma City Thunder (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Russell Westbrook #0 of the Oklahoma City Thunder (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

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The Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder are in a battle for basketball supremacy in the NBA Finals, but off the court the NBA’s strict dress code policy has players being more creative with each passing game. Thunder guard Russell Westbrook and New York Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire are just a couple of the players that have taken their fashion sense to an entirely new level.

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