INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana Pacers guard Stephen Jackson, contending that a league ban on chains worn over clothing is "a racist statement" from the league, wore every long, diamond-studded chain in his collection Tuesday night as a protest.
Stephen Jackson, pictured during the NBA playoffs in May, says he doesn't plan on challenging the new dress code.
Jackson voiced no opposition to the bulk of the "business casual" demands in the NBA's new dress code, but he described the jewelry ban as "attacking young black males."
"I think it's a racist statement because a lot of the guys who are wearing chains are my age and are black," said Jackson, 27. "I wore all my jewelry today to let it be known that I'm upset with it.
"I'll wear a suit every day. I think we do need to look more professional because it is a business. A lot of guys have gotten sloppy with the way they dress. But it's one thing to [enforce a] dress code and it's another thing if you're attacking cultures, and that's what I think they're doing."
Well then. I'm glad he agrees with the suit part, I also think that pants, a shirt, and a jacket is fine. I figure wearing a smaller chain is fine, but I definitely wouldn't go so far as to call it racist. People that play the race card definitely drop a few levels in my books.
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players complain about basically everything, someone should muzzle them. You're getting paid around $7 million dollars A YEAR... do you even comprehend how much money that is? Stephen Jackson makes more money in 1/2 a year then most people would make in their entire lifetime, and he makes it for playing the sport he loves and succeeds at and he's complaining about this? Fuck off and die.
