With the table now set for the NBA Finals, as the Miami Heat will take on the Oklahoma City Thunder starting tomorrow night at 9 PM, I wanted to address a very important topic before we get all analytical on your asses. People have been talking and complaining about the rapidly-spreading fad of NBA players wearing "nerd glasses", with the most notable attention directed at Dwyane Wade and LeBron James. For some reason, the fact that Wade even wore glasses without lenses has been something that should be talked about.
Fine. Let's talk about it. Let's talk about how this fad isn't anything new. NBA players have always been notorious trendsetters, starting with their eyewear. It goes back to the very first days of the NBA, as star players like Joe Dribbleguy and Kevin Bouncepass were generating buzz with their own ridiculous glasses.
After the jump, I've put together a gallery of the NBA's biggest legends all wearing their own unique eyewear, on and off the court. And if these players are guilty of anything, it's wearing glasses that apparently don't have arms. I mean, what's up with that?



























Re: Larry Bird in slide #7: Thanks for making my hero look like my grandma.
I am loving Bob McAdoo’s love glasses!
The Dream Team is actually just Odd Future posing with one of their fans.
Shit, man. I didn’t know that Willis Reed was in Mannequin.
haha awesome, Isaiah Thomas pic was great
Bob Cousy looks like a cast member of the Jersey Shore. I wonder if he has banged Snooki yet…
Burnsy, you’ve outdone yourself.
whats wrong with MJ’s left hand? its creeping me out
Dr. J rocking the Dwayne Wayne, as he should be.
Son of a bitch! WHERE THE FUCK IS HORACE GRANT??? I will find you, Brunsy!!!
The glasses without lenses Wade was wearing really make me want to kill.