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The Wall Street Journal: Fashion Plates of the NBA Make Specs of Themselves
That young standouts like Mr. Westbrook and Mr. Durant wear eyeglasses, in a league where people still remember the sports goggles of Kurt Rambis and Horace Grant, represents a generational divide, as elder statesman Kobe Bryant suggested last month. Heat forward Juwan Howard, an 18-year NBA veteran, was part of the Michigan group known as the Fab Five that popularized black socks, black sneakers and baggy shorts. His own young children have been asking for glasses lately, even though they take after their father, who says he has perfect vision.
