NBA bans Magic guard Jalen Suggs from wearing headband around his neck
NY Post
More like head-banned.
Orlando Magic guard Jalen Suggs was recently informed by the NBA that he can’t wear his headband around his neck — a ritual he started this season.
“Jalen said he got word from the league that the headband has to be on the head at tipoff,” Magic reporter Kendra Douglas said during Orlando’s 121-114 loss to the Bulls in Chicago.
Suggs’ routine had the fifth-year guard begin games with the headband around his neck, then gradually slide it up toward his head.
The 24-year-old told reporters in November that the habit traces back to football — but admitted there wasn’t much more meaning behind it.
“It’s funny, I don’t even know there’s an explanation for it. It’s just me,” Suggs said, per the Orlando Sentinel’s Jason Beede. “I was doing it in training camp when I started playing. Pre-practice before you get going in the warm-up, you just have it on your neck. Really it originates as football drip, that’s where it stems from.
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