The 26 most outrageous outfits NBA players wore in 2012

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NBA FASHION BECAME a big, big deal in 2012.

It started as a minor trend, with players sporadically wearing eye-searing pink pants or lens-less glasses. But in the playoffs it erupted into a full-fledged fashion war, with players trying to one-up each other at press conferences night after night.

Given the cyclical nature of trends, we probably won’t see the same level of fashion daringness in 2013. But for one year some of the best athletes to ever walk the Earth tried to dress as outrageously as possible, and it was glorious.

Here are the craziest looks.

The 26 most outrageous outfits NBA players wore in 2012

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Kobe wore a jacket with fur lapels to the Lakers-Knicks game on Christmas night
Nick Young whipped out his craziest look in the first round of the playoffs
Steve Nash earned his nickname Gatsby
Carmelo Anthony went with a military-inspired outfit
Andrew bynum could wear anything and his hair would still be the star
Amare Stoudemire showed up in a cutoff jean jacket
Chris Paul wore an ugly Christmas sweater
So did Blake Griffin and he did not look too happy about it
Rajon Rondo won jacket-of-the-year
But Russell Westbrook was the king of outrageous NBA fashion in 2012
He went to fashion week
He wore paint-splattered button-ups
He wore spikey shoes with yellow pants and a leopard-print shirt
He wore a plaid jacket
He wore a tiny baseball hat with huge glasses
LeBron wore a t-shirt with a picture of himself with vampire fangs
James Harden dressed in a 1970s salmon suit
Tyson Chandler wore wild boots to fashion week
Dwyane Wade wore pink pants
And skinny jeans
And a yellow blazers
And ridiculous glasses without lenses in them
And ridiculous glasses
Iman Shumpert wore an American flag jacket with a belt around his neck and two watches
Over in London the US Olympic team looked classy in their official garb
Very classy

The 26 most outrageous outfits NBA players wore in 2012

Kobe wore a jacket with fur lapels to the Lakers-Knicks game on Christmas night

Nick Young whipped out his craziest look in the first round of the playoffs

Steve Nash earned his nickname Gatsby

Carmelo Anthony went with a military-inspired outfit

Andrew bynum could wear anything and his hair would still be the star

Amare Stoudemire showed up in a cutoff jean jacket

Chris Paul wore an ugly Christmas sweater

So did Blake Griffin and he did not look too happy about it

Rajon Rondo won jacket-of-the-year

But Russell Westbrook was the king of outrageous NBA fashion in 2012

He went to fashion week

He wore paint-splattered button-ups

He wore spikey shoes with yellow pants and a leopard-print shirt

He wore a plaid jacket

He wore a tiny baseball hat with huge glasses

LeBron wore a t-shirt with a picture of himself with vampire fangs

James Harden dressed in a 1970s salmon suit

Tyson Chandler wore wild boots to fashion week

Dwyane Wade wore pink pants

And skinny jeans

And a yellow blazers

And ridiculous glasses without lenses in them

And ridiculous glasses

Iman Shumpert wore an American flag jacket with a belt around his neck and two watches

Over in London the US Olympic team looked classy in their official garb

Very classy

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