NBA Players In Face Masks

NBA Players In Face Masks

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Russell Westbrook started wearing a protective mask in March 2015 after an inadvertent knee to the face by teammate Andre Roberson led to surgery. Of course, Westbrook isn't the first NBA player to don a mask in the name of safety. Here are a few of the others.

LeBron James

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Kobe Bryant

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Chris Paul

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Bill Laimbeer

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Rip Hamilton

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A.C. Green

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Andrew Bogut

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Harold Pressley

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Joe Johnson

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Will Perdue

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John Starks

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LeBron James

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Lucious Harris

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Jason Terry

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Brandon Williams

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Alonzo Mourning

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Tracy McGrady

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Bimbo Coles

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Anderson Varejao

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Rodney Rogers

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Shawn Marion

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Charles Oakley

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Roy Hibbert

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Lamond Murray

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Zydrunas Ilgauskas

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Antonio McDyess

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Francisco Elson

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Courtney Lee

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DeSagana Diop

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Charlie Villanueva

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Andrei Kirilenko

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Mickael Pietrus

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Troy Murphy

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Tyrus Thomas

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Hedo Turkoglu

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Wally Szczerbiak

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