Overview
- The instruction surfaced on the Magic’s broadcast, where sideline reporter Kendra Douglas said the league told Suggs the headband must be on his head to start games.
- Suggs had been opening games with the band around his neck in a look he called “football drip,” then moving it to his forehead once he felt in rhythm.
- Coverage placed the move alongside past NBA accessory rulings, including the 2019 restriction on “ninja‑style” headbands and earlier actions on double headbands and branded gear.
- This season Suggs is averaging roughly 15.0 points, 4.7 assists and 3.7 rebounds for Orlando after missing time with hip and knee issues.
- After the broadcast reports, the Magic announced Suggs sustained a Grade 1 MCL sprain and is out indefinitely, and no evidence supports any link between the directive and the injury.