[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

There are only two things worn on the legs....braces and sleeves. If the the item has straps, hinges, bars, etc., it is a brace. ANYTHING else is a sleeve. The presence of pads doesn't change that. They are subject to the color restrictions.

Camron:

I see your point, but knee pads (and elbow pads) go back to the early days of basketball. I am sure that at this point BillyMac can find pictures of some early basketball players wearing knee pads to post in this thread.

It has been years until today that I have seen a player wearing what are just knee pads. I just don't think that Rules Committees considered knee pads from a historical stand point (and why am I not surprised that the Rules Committees every do their due diligence with regard to existing rules interpretations that would still apply today, but I digress).

MTD, Sr.