This reminds me of a couple other absurd things NBA players have done to show that they have "Chips on their shoulders" or have to prove something to someone else or prove them wrong.
-Gilbert Arenas wearing number 0 because that's
supposedly the number of minutes he was told he would play for Arizona.
-Jerome James wearing a garbage bag for a cape during an interview after the Sonics beat the Kings in the 2005 playoffs because
supposedly Rick Adelman gave him a garbage bag to clean out his locker after the Kings cut him from the team a few years before. FWIW, Adelman says that is a false story and James was given 2 equipment bags.
