Archive for the ‘Is Andrew Bynum in Costume or Not?’ Category

Evidence for:

• He looks like he is in costume.
• Wearing a Ferrari jacket could be a botched Joey Tribbiani reference.
• This is in Madrid and maybe it’s Halloween there.
• Might be cos-playing a bizarre “Dancing with the Stars” fantasy, and who are we to judge?

Evidence against:

• Kind of just seems like a guy dancing on stage even though he’s not that good at dancing.
• Really loves Ferrari, which explains why he’d think such a jacket is necessary, even if it’s horribly dated.
• Who brings costumes on vacations that aren’t to Comic-Con?
• I’m pretty sure it’s not Halloween in Madrid.

Verdict: Just a guy dancing on knees that were surgically repaired six weeks ago. Too complicated to be a costume.

Evidence for:

• He looks like he is in costume.
• Is wearing cornrows in 2013, which seems a bit gauche.
• Pretty sure Allen Iverson had these braids when he played in Philly, so it might be a tribute of some sort.
• Really no reason to wear a bracelet and earrings like that to a basketball game, unless you’re going for the full Iverson.

Evidence against:

• Had his hair braided earlier this season for some reason.
• If Michael Beasley is still doing it, it must be super cool.
• Hair that long can get unruly, so he has to do something.
• Pretty normal shirt and suit, actually.

Verdict: Trying to bring the early 2000s back, not working.

(via Fosketmatics48)

Evidence For:

• Hasn’t been seen playing basketball in months, so this is VERY out of place.
• Hair seems to be flat in back, which suggests a new Ben Wallace wig.
• Wearing actual shoes when he obviously prefers slippers.
• With the socks and hair, might be trying to trick people in to thinking he’s Eugene Edgerson.

Evidence Against:

• Is technically still a basketball player, so he could theoretically be wearing basketball clothes.
• Long, curly hair is easily molded in to tall shapes like Bynum’s troll hair.
• Photo was taken nearly three months after Halloween and no one dresses up for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Verdict: Not a costume. Actually practicing for All-Star break return.

(via The 700 Level)

Evidence for:

• He looks like he is in costume.
• More specifically, he looks like he is a college student pulling an all-nighter.
• Look at his shoes.

Evidence against:

• We’ve seen that hair before.
• Never went to college, so might not know how to dress like an undergrad.
• Costume slippers are usually overtly comical, like a stuffed dog or baby head or something.

Verdict: Just loungin’ at the steakhouse. Not a costume.

Evidence for:

• He looks like he is in costume.
• More specifically, he looks like he’s wearing a comically over-exaggerated Andrew Bynum costume.
• This is his third different hairstyle in the past three games.
• His head looks like a Mario mushroom.

Evidence against:

• Last night was November 16, so there’s really no reason to be in costume.
• Josh Childress looks like this every day and that’s not a costume.
• He has to be messing with us.

Verdict: He has become his own costume, so technically both no and yes.

(image via Dan McQuade)

Evidence for:

• He looks like he is in costume.
• His hair looks like a cheap Beatles wig.
• “The Three Stooges” movie was released in this calendar year, so dressing like Moe would actually be a timely costume.

Evidence against:

• Seems to be in the experimental phase of growing his hair out where you keep trying new things in the hopes of finding something that looks good.
• He probably didn’t see “The Three Stooges,” since no one did.
• He’s a computer nerd, so he probably knows the internet is loving all this weird hair stuff he’s doing and is enjoying the attention.

Verdict: Throwing the internet a bone (not a costume).