Last night, Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball arrived to the first game of his second NBA season looking like a fresh-from-the-tube Wilson tennis ball, wearing a custom neon-yellow suit topped with a matching trench coat by his very own LaFrancé fashion-lifestyle brand. The topper: it was all the same hue as his Lamborghini Urus. (Lest we forget, he also owns a sherbet-orange Lambo. Guy’s got a type!) Ball—who put up 31 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists to lead the Hornets over the Indiana Pacers—gave a better look at the fit for the postgame conference, complete with a cool-$1 million Richard Mille timepiece. You could call it the sartorial epitome of “Sheeeeeeeeeeeesh!”
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As of now, LaFrancé—which Ball launched last November—only offers socks, tees, and hoodies, but last night’s getup may indicate that some higher-end suiting may be on the horizon. The reigning Rookie of the Year’s look also tells us something else: if, at the beginning of 2021, players erred on the side of subdued, LaMelo’s neon yellow is proof that NBA style is back in full-swing.