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?

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The Official WWE Wrestlemania 28 Weekend Predictions/Open Discussion Thread |With Leather|

Poll: The Eternal Deschanel Debate Continues: Zooey and Emily? |Warming Glow|

9 Reasons Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s “Batman” is the Best Bat-book in Decades |Gamma Squad|

The Cats Of Memes Greatly Improve Famous Movie Scenes |UPROXX|

Your full plot breakdown of Step Up 4 based solely on the trailer |Film Drunk|

Birdman Talks The Handrub, Cash Money’s 100 Album Goal |Smoking Section|

These Student Election Posters Will Make You Wish You Were In High School Again |UPROXX|

Meme Watch: Bad Luck Brian Destroyed All Known Copies Of This Photo |UPROXX|

Did Diggy Simmons Just Diss J. Cole On “What You Say To Me”? |Smoking Section|

The new Superman logo is, surprise, *DARKER* and *EDGIER* |Film Drunk|

Presenting ‘Magic Johnson: The Gathering’ |With Leather|

Hey Game of Thrones Fans — There’s Also a Game of Thrones RPG Coming Out. Here’s a Trailer |Gamma Squad|

James Van Der Beek: ‘Who Doesn’t Love BJs?” |Warming Glow|

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NMA should turn this into an ongoing series. I want to know what happened to the poor Dodgers fan who had a McCourt lurking in his bushes.

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The Animated GIF Bracket’s Final Four: Where Dreams And Nightmares Come True - YANKEE ENTHUSIASTS was robbed, that thing should win a Pulitzer. Please continue to vote MORTIFIED MICHIGAN PUNTER into the championship. [SB Nation]

Tommy Lee Jones And AMC Are Developing A Show About Football - I hope it’s just football guys going “I DIDN’T FUMBLE THAT BALL” and Tommy Lee Jones saying, “I don’t care!” [Warming Glow]

The 15 Greatest Knockouts in ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ History - Gifs of people being punched to death are a great way to start your Friday. Poor Solomon Hutcherson. [Cage Potato]

The South Park Memeing Episode: Instant Classic And KSK Relevant - Also, Everywhere Relevant. Here’s to hoping Faith Hilling doesn’t take off. [Kissing Suzy Kolber]

Conan’s Celebrity ‘Why Would You Tweet That?’ Bit Killed Last Night - Lenny Kravitz’s first love being “recording the same song over and over” is amazing. Maybe he’s like the lady from 50 First Dates. [UPROXX]

Two Boss Ways To Play Mario Kart - The day I was most jealous is when I found out the Cleveland Indians scoreboard guys played Madden on it. If I got to play Double Dash on that thing, I’d feel like God. [Gamma Squad]

Pranked Texas Granny Demands an Apology from Justin Bieber - Get in line, lady. [The FW]

Latest Entrant Into The Epic Drunk Hall Of Fame - A guy in a sombrero wears boxing gloves, jumps onto a cop car and shouts his name. Then he takes THIS mug shot. Worth your time. [Film Drunk]

Question Of The Day: Kidada Or Rashida Jones? - How is this even a question? What’s tomorrow’s question of the day, Alison Brie or the guy that plays Leonard? [Smoking Section]

Apparently Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Will Rock Out To Earth’s Crappiest Soundtrack - You sorta don’t expect it to be that bad when you read the headline, but holy sh*t, Papa Roach? In 2012? What is this, the WWE? [Pajiba]

Cats Vs. Dinosaurs - Technically don’t cats win for still being alive? [Buzzfeed]

Last we checked in with our favorite 47-year old Twitterbug, Jose Canseco, he was declaring his intentions to track down the diabolical fiends who were conspiring against his desire to play professional baseball in Mexico by making up bogus rumors that he tested positive for PEDs. So did Canseco end up getting to the bottom of that? Well, yeah, because it turns out he indeed took testosterone, and he admitted that to the league’s El Presidente and that’s why he was banned. Huge conspiracy, bro.

Or maybe Canseco’s lack of effort in finding the real killers conspirators is just a matter of being distracted, as the overnight news of Magic Johnson being a part of the group that just purchased the Los Angeles Dodgers for $2.5 billion suddenly made Canseco eager to prove that he can still perform at the Major League level.

Sadly, even as Canseco’s Twitter hugs to his haters are still delightfully fun, this tired dream of his has grown overly pathetic, as it’s less puppy begging for food and more old, juiced-up dude begging for work. Fortunately, Canseco also reached out to another iconic “sports” figure recently, and this is more of a job opportunity that I could completely endorse.

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Hot Tag: Once (Probably Twice) In A Lifetime - To get you excited for Wrestlemania weekend, listen to this podcast wherein I drink some Nyquil and end up bitching about Professor Oak from Pokémon’s credentials. [Wear The Cheese]

Win $1000 With Free Fantasy Baseball Through Us - It’s free to sign up and you’d be ridiculous not to. You’re gonna at least win five bucks. TAKE ME ON. [FanDuel]

Hall Of Fame Differences: Magic Johnson Buys Dodgers, Dennis Rodman Hits Rock Bottom - One of them suddenly has two billion dollars to blow and the other’s showing up at a wrestling convention this weekend. The road less traveled, as they say. [Smoking Section]

Shut Up, Jim Irsay - Jim Irsay has officially turned into a bridge troll. [Kissing Suzy Kolber]

The 25 Most Awkward Photos In MMA History - You could probably stretch this out to 50 with 25 pics of Brock Lesnar’s penis-chestsword. [Cage Potato]

Go Greendale Hard: Levar Allen Raps About His ‘Community’ Angst - I wish he didn’t mention NBC so much so they could find a way to work this song onto the show. Annie’s Boobs photo only loosely related. [Warming Glow]

Gary Busey Gets Into A Fight Over The Design Of Heaven - But he never once had a problem with dying and being brought back in the body of a small dog. [Film Drunk]

Funny, Sexy And Awesome Cosplay Of The Week - I want you inside of me, Darkwing Duck lady. [Gamma Squad]

75 Hoodie Wearers Who Are Up To No Good - I keep wanting this case to not be so horrible, and end up revealing that the guy shot him because he really hates Arizona tea. [UPROXX]

50 Graphical Breakdowns Of Our Favorite Rap Songs - Ludacris “claiming” to have hoes in various area codes made me laugh out loud. This is solid and incredibly, incredibly uncool. [UPROXX]

Status Updates on 5 Film Sequels We Actually Want to See - District 9 has one of my favorite endings ever, and while sequels don’t ruin the original film … yeah, sometimes they do. [Pajiba]

I’d like to be a NBA hipster and claim that I’m already over this damned Jeremy Lin hype, but I’d be lying. Aside from the endless SportsCenter fellatio that only ESPN can provide the athlete du jour, I think the guy is a great story and he’s an exciting player to watch. But above all else, he’s a reminder that the right guys, while seemingly worthless to one team, can be the perfect fit with another team, if that franchise has capable eyes and ears making the decisions. Do you think Isiah Thomas thinks to sign Lin if he’s still the New York Knicks president? Hell no. And there are plenty of other teams that could have used his shot in the arm – both on the court and in the bank – but the NBA is so lopsided when it comes to competent GMs and team presidents that it’s amazing Lin even got another chance.

Other than that, it’s business as usual this week. The San Antonio Spurs are the hottest team in the NBA with a 9-game winning streak, but we don’t talk about them because they don’t have Lin. The Chicago Bulls are currently the best team in the NBA despite Derrick Rose’s absence and the Miami Heat are quietly plotting the addition of a big man. Will it be Chris Kaman? Nobody knows, but yes, it will be Kaman, because New Orleans is trying to get rid of everyone so the Hornets can eventually finally start the league’s first ever all janitor team.

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