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Pulled pork for pinstripes: How the Hornets and Tar Heels become the best-dressed teams in sports

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (CHARLOTTE SPORTS LIVE) — By 1995, the NBA had a bit of a pinstripe obsession.

“That old-school classic,” remarked Hornets forward Grant Williams, a Charlotte native.

Taking a page from the Yankees, Michael Jordan and the Bulls got them. The Magic did too.

“It was fashionable,” he explains.

And fresh off back to back championships, so did the Houston Rockets.

“I just think that it was something that was a jersey you could wear to school,” he said.

Meanwhile, watching from afar, the person who started it all, could only shake his head.