What made Weiss put on a mask to complete the transformation was the game between the Thunder and the Trail Blazers on February 27, local time in the United States. As you can see, the iron-clad Westbrook was elbowed by his teammates. There was a hole in his face...

Others would have had to lie down for a week with this kind of injury, but our Master Wei only had a minor operation and came back after resting. However, just when everyone was thinking about whether having a hole in his head would have an impact on Wei Shao's playing style, Wei Shao coolly scored 92 points, 24 rebounds and 17 assists in two consecutive games... "We all thought he was going to spend It took some time to get used to wearing masks, but we were all wrong," Thunder coach Brooks said after the team defeated the 76ers. Well, maybe like Zorro, Batman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (huh?)... Wei Shao may be born to wear a mask and kill everyone.

Of course, when it comes to the best combination of masks, it is undoubtedly the mid-range shooting king Richard Hamilton who just announced his retirement some time ago. Since March 2004, Hamilton has continuously worn a mask to play fast games in the NBA. 10 years' time.

In fact, when he first entered the league, Hamilton did not regard the mask as his logo, and his habit of wearing a mask came from a broken nasal bone. Hamilton's first nasal bone fracture occurred in 2002. At the time, Hamilton did not take it seriously. However, in the 2003-04 season, his nasal bone was broken twice by opponents, and the nasal cartilage tissue was completely shattered. From then on, Hamilton never took it seriously. If you dare to take risks, you can only wear a mask to protect your fragile nose.

What’s interesting is that in subsequent games, Hamilton’s performance got better and better. Rasheed Wallace, who joined the Pistons halfway, joked that Hamilton’s mask was his “Superman cape”. Maybe Out of the players' superstition, Hamilton regarded the mask as part of his face and would not take it off even during training. The nickname "Mask Monkey" spread like wildfire.

In the next 10 years, the mask became Hamilton's trademark. During this period, Hamilton changed his hairstyle, teammates, and teams, but what remained unchanged was the transparent mask hanging on his face.

“I hated it at first,” Hamilton said of his mask, “but then I wore it and won the championship, and every time I wore it I felt like a giant. Hero." Later, the company that customized masks for him even gave his mask a unique name: "Ripmask."

Of course, for the vast majority of NBA players, it is impossible for them to wear a mask on their face for a long time like Hamilton. In more cases, the mask is just a protective gear and treatment equipment to assist recovery.

In 2012, Kobe had to wear a mask for a period of time because he was injured in the All-Star Game. Like Hamilton at the beginning, Kobe felt that wearing a mask made him very uncomfortable, saying that wearing this thing was "like steaming." "Like a sauna", so during the game we often see him adjusting the position of the mask during timeouts to allow the skin on his face to breathe.

Later, because he couldn't bear the texture of the plastic mask, Kobe simply changed to a leather mask, and the person who improved the mask for him was Jerry McHale, the designer of the "Ripmask" mentioned before. Kobe He later admitted that the new mask made him feel much more comfortable. After the season, Kobe's mask was sent to an online auction. It started at $250 and was bought for a high price of $67,100.

There is no one who doesn’t get stabbed in the world. LeBron also wore a mask for a period of time due to facial injuries during his time with the Heat. However, the black mask he first wore was stopped by the league because it blocked his face too much. , in the end LeBron had to change to a transparent plastic mask - perhaps influenced by this, LeBron wearing the mask scored 61 points against the Bobcats. In fact, LeBron was already familiar with the Mask Knight during the Heat. As early as 2004, LeBron wore a mask for a period of time due to facial injuries.

In the second round of the 2005 playoffs, Joe Johnson, who was still playing for the Suns at the time, suffered a fractured eye socket in a game against the Mavericks, causing him to miss the first two games of the Western Conference Finals. He came back wearing a mask and scored 26 points in Game 4 of the series, helping the Suns win their only victory in the Western Conference Finals that year.

Terry also wore a mask while playing for the Mavericks in 2010. At that time, he got a nickname: "Jet-I Knight"

But it was not the same as LeBron James. Unlike Brown, Terry's condition was extremely poor in the few games he played wearing a mask... so he quickly took off the mask...

Tracy McGrady also wore a mask to play in 2006, for the same reason as Hamilton The same injury was to his nose. Later, Tracy McGrady said that even if he died, he would not wear that uncomfortable thing again. "When I took it off, the sweat seemed to pour out... This is too exaggerated."

In fact, to put it bluntly, wearing a mask depends on your face. For someone as stylish as Hamilton, or someone as handsome as Chris Paul, wearing a mask actually gives them a different kind of appeal.

The same applies to the young Bogut, who is of Croatian descent and wears a mask with the spirit of a young hero entering the world for the first time.

Second Uncle Huo...at least he is bright and energetic.

The master of mask wearing can be mentioned in the 1980s, the representative of bad boys, Laimbeer. He used to often wear a mask in the game. In fact, before Hamilton wore a mask in 2004, he also received advice from his opinion.

It looks so handsome, so naturally some people imitate it. Guess which masked man’s son this is? Of course, the red flowers should be lined with green leaves... For example, look at Beverley's masked man appearance...

And Kirilenko... (Actually, this has something to do with the design, most players' masks are It is fixed on both sides, and the one above the heads of Kirilenko and Heibei is really hard to complain about)

So Ginobili was on the verge of death after his nose was injured in the 2010 playoffs. Not willing to wear a mask, he instead put on an exaggeratedly large hemostatic patch, which looked like...well...

In fact, sports masks have been around for a long time. As early as the 1960s, Chamberlain wore I've worn something like this before. (Chamberlain was the first player in NBA history to begin scientific training and specify a special diet. He was also at the forefront of the times in terms of sports protection.)

Before the 1980s, because materials science was not as good as it is now. Developed countries, sports masks are often exaggerated in shape, heavy in workmanship, and not aesthetically pleasing to wear (of course Tang Shuai’s is the most exaggerated version, after all, his brains have been punched out...).

After the 1980s, the design of sports masks has become much more advanced than before. Non-mainstream fixed masks like Mike Bowie also appear from time to time, but in general they still look very medical. instrument.

In the late 1980s, transparent bilateral fixed masks began to be widely used. At this time, masks began to consider aesthetic factors and were more convenient to wear.

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