Richard Hamilton has been well known for wearing his mask with the headband firmly draped across it to hold it in place. The Chicago Bulls have not been well known as a team friendly to headbands. The team has had a policy banning the head bands unless medically required for a while now. Remember even Scott Skiles benched Ben Wallace for wearing his head band during a game in violation of the team rule.
So who blinks first between Hamilton and the Bulls? Nobody. Because Tom Thibodeau is not as draconian as his predecessors and seems to be easing up on the head band and accessory restrictions the team previously had in place.
Even though Hamilton does not really need to wear the mask anymore -- originally it was to protect a repeatedly broken nose in 2003 but Hamilton has worn the mask ever since out of comfort -- the Bulls are not prepared to stand in the way of their recent shooting guard acquisition. He has permission to once again don the mask and headband to secure it, K.C. Jo...
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