Style Watch: NBA Face Masks

Kobe Bryant

Due to a nasal fracture suffered during the NBA All-Star Game, Kobe Bryant has been forced to wear a protective mask for the past couple games. It's been an adjustment for the NBA superstar. "You just start sweating immediately inside of it. It just felt like I had a sauna on my face. Like I was drinking my own sweat because it was leaking out," Bryant said. "It was a mess. It was totally disgusting." Of course, he's not the first NBA player to don a mask in the name of safety. Here are a few of the others.

Chris Paul

Kobe Bryant

Bill Laimbeer

Rip Hamilton

A.C. Green

Andrew Bogut

Harold Pressley

Joe Johnson

Will Perdue

John Starks

LeBron James

Lucious Harris

Jason Terry

Brandon Williams

Alonzo Mourning

Tracy McGrady

Bimbo Coles

Anderson Varejao

Rodney Rogers

Shawn Marion

Charles Oakley

Roy Hibbert

Lamond Murray

Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Antonio McDyess

Francisco Elson

Courtney Lee

DeSagana Diop

Charlie Villanueva

Andrei Kirilenko

Mickael Pietrus

Troy Murphy

Tyrus Thomas

Hedo Turkoglu

Wally Szczerbiak