STILLWATER — Tony Allen arrived in Stillwater in 2002 with a wild haircut he looks back on with some shame.
Half was braided. Half was an afro.
Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton was appalled from the moment he saw the hairstyle. It sure didn’t take long for Allen to get a haircut.
“Yo, that’s not getting you to the NBA,” Allen recalled Sutton saying.
Sutton was always making a point in his own way. Allen certainly appreciated that in his two seasons at OSU.
It’s a big reason Allen became a 14-year veteran in the NBA.