So he put in a request to assistant equipment manager Ryan Powell for shears. went as far as taking matters into his own hands, cutting his workout shorts down to sizes otherwise not produced.
Yet for all that is visible on game nights, the practice court is an even more stark story. “I like the functionality,” Okpala said, with the Heat in the midst of a six-day All-Star break, with their schedule to resume Thursday night against the Orlando Magic at AmericanAirlines Arena. Since then, although not to the degree of some college players, the NBA has tapered its approach, with the Heat part of the movement. The trend has been traced to LeBron James’ move from the Heat back to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2015, aligning to the more tapered look of menswear in general. “But if they would have come longer, I would have told him I need smaller.” “I mean they came like that and I liked that,” Okpala said of the current cut of the smaller waist sizes. “For me,” he said, “it’s more like it makes me feel ready to go.”Īs long as they don’t go to great lengths. And for me it’s more comfortable.”Įven old school with the Heat has moved new school, with Meyers Leonard asking for shorter than standard in order to highlight his quads. So that’s just something that I’m comfortable with and that’s just my style. “I actually asked if I could get shorter shorts, just ‘cause that’s my style,” he said. Take, for example, Heat 2019 second-round pick KZ Okpala, who opts for Size 38 if available, with his 6-foot-8 build. In recent years, players have taken to rolling the waistbands on standard-issue NBA shorts to create the desired thigh reveal, a considerable change from the long, baggy look that former Heat player and assistant coach Juwan Howard helped cultivate with Michigan’s Fab Five Freshmen back in the early ’90s.īut now even inseams are being produced to align with the tightened demand.
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