The coolest headbands in the history of basketball will now be banned in the NBA, per a fresh post-Labor Day Woj Bomb.
Tie-on headbands had began picking up steam with wardrobe conscious players who realized that the game of basketball is better when you look like a Ninja Turtle. Golden State Warriors guard Damion Lee was a member of a fashion-forward vanguard of Ninja Headband supporters including Mike Scott, Jimmy Butler, and Joel Embiid.
When they were en vogue last season, the world was taking notice. Per Lauren Thiesen of Deadspin:
Traditional headbands are gross and lame.