Very rarely do I nit-pick about athlete swag. Personality, style of dress, hairdo. All these things are usually off limits for me because who am I to say somebody else’s steeze should be done away with. But when it comes to these high top fades slowly creeping their way back into the NBA and pop culture I have got to take a stand. We’re all haters when it comes to some aspects of humanity and with no rhyme or reason attached. I admit, I HATE THE HIGH TOP FADE. I can’t explain why, but as a black man who has seen some questionable hair styles and perpetrated a few myself (Cough: twisties, gigantic obtrusive afro, and half braids-half picked out fro) I find the 2012 high top fade comeback particularly annoying. Here’s why. Most recently, Norris Cole, Iman Shumpert, and Kentucky freshman Nerlens Noel have painfully ushered in the era of high top fade peacocking on the basketball court. File this complaint under: They shoulda never GAVE these brothas Money! ala Dave Chappelle. Unfortu...
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