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Team USA Basketball’s Fashion Goes Back In Time

by Mike Prada
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2012 Summer Olympics: From The Opening To Closing Ceremonies (And Everything In Between)
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This is how the members of Team USA's basketball team plan to look when they walk in the Parade of Athletes during the 2012 Summer Olympics' Opening Ceremony in London on Friday. Admittedly, the berets are a nice touch, but wouldn't Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant look better with another accessory?

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There. That’s more like it.

(Original photo via I Am A GM. Photoshop via us.)

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