lebron himself said the league didn t tell him he had to change colors. it was a request. he said i am just a player and i will do what they ask me to do. the reasons were they can t see his face of the they can t see him better than they could in the black one. you can sill see his eyes. his cheeks are covered. what do the uh pone nebts need to opponents need to see? if you look at the black mask. he looks more intimidating. that is a performance-enhancing drug. if i wore that i would be a much better host. i think the reasoning is behind it that it is menacing. there have been other players including recent times that had the same sort of mask. the league didn t say anything about it. but lebron is the top player in the league.