Dillon Brooks arrives before the Houston Rockets' 2025 NBA Playoff game against the Golden State Warriors. Logan Riely/NBAE/Getty Images

A 29-year-old man puts on a carefully planned outfit and walks out in front of a crowd of photographers and journalists. Articles are written about what he is wearing. Photos of the look are plastered all across Instagram.

No, this is not a movie star, or a musician, or a model at this year’s New York Fashion Week .

It’s Canadian basketball star Dillon Brooks on his way to play an NBA game.

“It’s kind of cool that we can walk on our own little red carpet before we play our game of basketball,” he says in an interview with CNN Sports .

The tunnel walk has become a staple of the league in recent years. The sport’s stars arrive for the day’s m

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