Post game press conferences have always been a point of interest for any sport. A lot of great stories have come from post game press conferences, but they usually come from what was said at the press conferences. However, recently in the NBA it has been what the players have been wearing that has been interesting. In Wesley Morris's article The Rise of the NBA Nerd he talks about how there has been a change in dress at NBA press conference. Now great NBA stars like Kevin Durant and Lebron james having been dressing as nerds. This is opposed to earlier years where players dressed more “street”. Morris says this change in dress is attributed to his belief that 21^st century blacks have lost their rigid center. Morris feels this change is part of a major change in African American culture. Morris says that it is becoming more and more acceptable to dress as Carlton Banks from the Fresh Prince of Be-lair. Morris sees a softening in African American culture. I feel that NBA stars are dressing as nerds because they think it is funny and it gets on the nerves of NBA commissioner David Stern. David stern has pushed for dress codes and a push away from wearing “street” clothing. I believe that stars like Durant and Lebron are doing it to fight the system. If Stern does not want them wearing “street” clothing or wearing what is “cool” they will go extrema in the other direction. That is why Durant wears his shirt buttoned up all the way and wears a back pack with big glasses. They are dressing like that to poke fun at David Stern's strive to make the NBA normal. I do not see a softening in African American culture.