Don’t Like - Business Casual NBA Coaches
The NBA Finals are happening right now. You’d think that would be cause for both pomp and circumstance, but the coaches on the sidelines are dressed like it’s another regular season night in a lonely gym somewhere watching mid tier high school teams play each other. That’s right, they’re wearing quarter zip tech knit tops with nondescript pants and low key shoes. It’s a fine look, perfectly professional for our era that prizes work life balance above all else. That may be fine for people with email jobs, but if your job puts you on national television you might want to put in a little effort. You might want to take a small portion of the millions of dollars you get paid every year to get a well-tailored suit with a pair of shoes that are polished so well they look like mirrors. Do you need a sharkskin shirt? That might be a bit much. But you shouldn’t like some schmo when you’re on the brink of cementing a piece of league history. It’s like a wise scholar of the game once said, “Look the part, be the part mother fucker.”1
Anyway, here’s Pat Riley looking great in his Giorgio Armani suits:
His team would go on to win this game.