NBA Players In Face Masks

NBA Players In Face Masks
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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Robert Duyos/Sun Sentinel/MCT via Getty Images

Kobe Bryant

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Dan Lippitt/NBAE via Getty Images

Chris Paul

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Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images

Bill Laimbeer

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Nathaniel S. Butler/ NBAE via Getty Images

Rip Hamilton

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Manny Millan/SI

A.C. Green

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Getty Images/Staff

Andrew Bogut

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Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images

Harold Pressley

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Mike Powell/Getty Images

Joe Johnson

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John W. McDonough/SI

Will Perdue

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Elsa Hasch /Allsport

John Starks

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Al Tielemans/SI

LeBron James

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John W. McDonough/SI

Lucious Harris

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MATT CAMPBELL/AFP/Getty Images

Jason Terry

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Albert Pena/Cal Sport Media

Brandon Williams

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Stephen Dunn/Getty Images

Alonzo Mourning

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RHONA WISE/AFP/Getty Images

Tracy McGrady

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David J. Phillip/AP

Bimbo Coles

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Damian Strohmeyer/SI

Anderson Varejao

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David Liam Kyle/NBAE via Getty Images

Rodney Rogers

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Jason Wise /Allsport

Shawn Marion

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Layne Murdoch/NBAE via Getty Images

Charles Oakley

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Manny Millan/SI

Roy Hibbert

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John Biever/SI

Lamond Murray

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Jon Ferrey /Allsport

Zydrunas Ilgauskas

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Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images

Antonio McDyess

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Tim Shaffer/Reuters

Francisco Elson

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Eric Gay/AP

Courtney Lee

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Kevin Kolczynski/Reuters

DeSagana Diop

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Tim Heitman/NBAE via Getty Images

Charlie Villanueva

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Jeff Kowalsky/EPA

Andrei Kirilenko

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Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images

Mickael Pietrus

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Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images

Troy Murphy

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John G. Mabanglo/EPA

Tyrus Thomas

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Glenn James/NBAE via Getty Images

Hedo Turkoglu

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Adrien Veczan/Reuters

Wally Szczerbiak

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Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images

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