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Basketball players sporting crazy hair is a time-honored tradition, from Dr. J's afro to Dennis Rodman's rainbow dome to Iman Shumpert's flat top. But perhaps no locks in history are more luscious than those of Bulls center Joakim Noah. Normally, Noah wears his lengthy curls in a pony tail. But between quarters during tonight's game versus the Cavs, he let his hair down, accenting the majesty of his mane with a casual hair flip. Maybe he did it to intimidate LeBron, whose hairline woes are well-documented. Maybe he needed to re-adjust his man-bun. Or maybe, just maybe, he just wanted to show off.

Jake Woolf is a writer who has covered men’s style for over ten years and has contributed to GQ since 2014. A graduate of Parsons The New School for Design (good school, long name), he also has bylines at Robb Report, HighSnobiety, Pitchfork, and the defunct #menswear website Four Pins... Read moreWriterXRelated Stories for GQGQ SportsHairGrooming