Monday, December 31st, 2007 at 10:06 am  |  51 responses

Who Likes Short Shorts?

…We like short shorts!

(The Lakers rocked the throwback nut-huggers from the 80s during the first half of last night’s home loss to the Celtics. If you missed the game, just be glad that you did not see Derek Fisher looking like he was wearing a diaper. I may never recover from that.)

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  • Rasheedionics Posted: Dec.31 at 10:08 am
    Was the Lamar Odom or Michael Cooper out there… I couldn’t tell the difference.

  • Keith Posted: Dec.31 at 10:26 am
    I think I’ve gone blind.

  • Kareem Posted: Dec.31 at 10:27 am
    Lol derek fisher did look like having a diaper. plus hes FAT.

  • TADOne Posted: Dec.31 at 10:27 am
    For the love of God, WHY??!!

  • Jared Posted: Dec.31 at 10:33 am
    Watching the game I couldn’t help but think to myself “least Shaq isn’t a Laker anymore”

  • Captain America Posted: Dec.31 at 10:38 am
    We must end this destruction of mankind now. Family jewels must be freed!

  • white hot eboy Posted: Dec.31 at 10:48 am
    Morons.

  • BETCATS Posted: Dec.31 at 10:49 am
    2nd what Jared said and i think we should stop discusion about this here. Talking about men in booty shorts in the 21st century is something i will leave for the ‘men’ over at menstyle.com

  • BETCATS Posted: Dec.31 at 10:50 am
    lets stop talking about this here and now before the people from GQ invade our site with fashion frileys

  • BETCATS Posted: Dec.31 at 10:53 am
    we are not mormons we are from earth!

  • underdog Posted: Dec.31 at 10:55 am
    Well, at least they can blame something for the loss… http://www.nba.com/media/lakers_627_071230.jpg

  • James Posted: Dec.31 at 11:05 am
    All i have to say is “vlade divac”!!!

  • Darksaber Posted: Dec.31 at 11:13 am
    Come on now, if Coop, Worthy and Earvin could, then Kob’s and his Minions can pull off the look too. Corny look, outdated, but the fact that the team decided to wear them, genius idea. Much better twist than every team having 16 jersey colours nowadays. Maybe they were hoping for the joke angle to distract Mr. Intense (KG) et al, didn’t work though. Green team indeed

  • Dan Posted: Dec.31 at 11:45 am
    I would really like to know who’s idea it was. . .

  • Homie Posted: Dec.31 at 12:19 pm
    With the compression shorts showing underneath even! Wow, that brings back memories from high school…showing my age there.

  • Hoop Dreamz Posted: Dec.31 at 12:28 pm
    the funny part was their jerseys were still baggy! Besides, if they were serious they’d have been rockin’ Nike Air Revolutions, New Balance Worthy’s, Adidas Top Tens and Converse Weapons

  • RV Posted: Dec.31 at 12:58 pm
    hoop: thats what i was thinking, they looked like high school girls wearing lil gym shorts with baggy shirts to cover up their ass..i think that made it funny instead of a cool thing to do

  • RV Posted: Dec.31 at 12:59 pm
    Kareem, i dare you to call him fat to his face, dude’s built like a train

  • SMK Posted: Dec.31 at 12:59 pm
    Richard Simmons absolutely loved this game.

  • thesubwayconnection Posted: Dec.31 at 1:05 pm
    My friend and I were texting back and forth. Apparently, Kobe had a nut pop out.

  • Darksaber Posted: Dec.31 at 1:21 pm
    Apparently, bears don’t come up to the windows at staples, eh Kobe?

  • Darksaber Posted: Dec.31 at 1:22 pm
    And calling Fisher “fat” is so ridiculous, the man is RIPPED. Solid built PG y’all.

  • Slamyomama Posted: Dec.31 at 1:56 pm
    didnt catch the game i cant believe they actually did that/ HA!

  • rob stewart Posted: Dec.31 at 1:58 pm
    I was wondering if short basketball shorts were ever going to be “in” again. This proves to me the answer is “no”. Thank God!

  • Krayzie Bone Posted: Dec.31 at 2:02 pm
    How could Kobe’s package fall out of the bicycle shorts they all wear under their nba shorts?

  • Chris O Posted: Dec.31 at 2:05 pm
    I’m glad one team finally did it, after hearing the joke made for the last five years: “They wear throwback jerseys, but it’d be hilarious if they wore the throwback shorts.” Even if it were just for a half.

  • Myles Brown Posted: Dec.31 at 2:07 pm
    I liked for about ten minutes. Then we-excuse me, ‘they’- couldn’t hit an effin shot and I wasn’t amused anymore. Ariza went hard with the retro Worthy look though, kneepads, high socks and all. I wish he’d have rocked the googles too. Maybe after the game he could’ve picked up some hoo….Nah.

  • Jared Posted: Dec.31 at 2:17 pm
    myles how u feel bout trev?

  • jay Posted: Dec.31 at 2:17 pm
    bad look and glad jordan made the shorts longer in length..thanks mike! than the fab five stepped it up a notch to the surfer short…jalen you are my hero..if i ever had to wear rihanna hot pants i would be ticked!!!!

  • Myles Brown Posted: Dec.31 at 2:59 pm
    Anyone that isnt Brian “Softest MF’er In The Lig” Cook, or Maurice Evans is already an improvement. But Im especially pleased with Ariza’s slashing abilities, explosiveness, relative consistency in sticking the open J, and his overall hustle and attitude. He’s exactly what the team needed on offense and is a competent defender. He and Walton should share minutes at the three spot. They both have a lot to offer.

  • john Posted: Dec.31 at 3:23 pm
    im glad shaq got traded cause he would of look terrible

  • mike b Posted: Dec.31 at 3:36 pm
    That had to be the nastiest thing I ever seen. I hope LA never does that again..lol. Derick Fisher should feel violated for wearing those shorts…lol

  • blake Posted: Dec.31 at 3:51 pm
    They were too short obviously. But I do wish the NBA would go back to the mid-late 90′s era length shorts.

  • illydiva Posted: Dec.31 at 4:27 pm
    I must say the legs looked better than they did back in the day.

  • funkymunky Posted: Dec.31 at 4:28 pm
    HAHAHAHAHA watching the Lakers rock those short shorts made my day! I love how Derek Fisher looks sooo embarassed in this picture. And check out the Laker next to Jerry West who’s just covering his head in shame! But what really kills me about this picture is the expression on the bald referee’s face! The bald referee is like “WTF???” LMAO, priceless! http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/photo;_ylt=A...

  • CoolWhip11 Posted: Dec.31 at 4:44 pm
    I can’t wait till they have throw-back ‘basket’ night
    and instead of hoops go back to peach baskets

  • Tyler Durden Posted: Dec.31 at 5:12 pm
    Hilarious. Taking throwback to the logical next level. Someone shoulda worn All-Stars or Reebok Pumps. Best. Thing. Ever.

  • Andrew Price Posted: Dec.31 at 5:19 pm
    I wear short-shorts all the time.

  • illydiva Posted: Dec.31 at 5:43 pm
    Andrew Price says:
    I wear short-shorts all the time. But do your legs look good?

  • Melanie Posted: Dec.31 at 7:54 pm
    I enjoyed it:))

  • Jukai Posted: Dec.31 at 7:56 pm
    In fairness, Derek Fisher really did look chunky in those things.

  • Slamyomama Posted: Dec.31 at 9:17 pm
    jukai your are an ass

  • paul Posted: Jan.1 at 1:02 am
    it was fun to see the trowback short-shorts but its the game that matters right?

  • Ben Posted: Jan.1 at 1:58 am
    Short shorts and the jerseys with the purple…

  • Ben Posted: Jan.1 at 1:58 am
    *with the color purple

  • Ben Posted: Jan.1 at 1:59 am
    (that mistake really destoried the punch line…)

  • Ben Posted: Jan.1 at 2:01 am
    The Celtics won the game but the Lakers got the real victory, they were entertaining.

  • Art Vandelay Posted: Jan.1 at 12:27 pm
    did John Stockton already comment on that?

  • dma Posted: Jan.2 at 3:45 am
    oh please we’re all grown adults. and nobodies franks and beans were showing cuz they still got on all that ish underneath. now if only phil had worn an afro wig

  • BIG_JACK Posted: Jan.6 at 1:49 pm
    OH MY GOD!!! He looked like a retard why did he wear those i’m stunned and blind!!!

  • Johnny Posted: Feb.29 at 8:25 pm
    You people are messed up. You can’t argue that shorter shorts don’t make free movement easier. Besides they used to wear them short anyway. When I was young people wore short shorts but they weren’t short shorts. They were regular shorts. The shorts that people wear these days are more like LONGS. We used to point and laugh at people who had outgrown their pants saying, “Are you expecting a flood?” Highwaters they were called. Bring back short shorts. Sure they will look funny at first until we get used to them again but in the end we will all be cooler and more comfortable once this “Legs are ugly things” fad goes away.

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