No more "hoodies" for Marcus Camby.  (AP)

NBA players will be fined unless they dress as slick as they play.

The league announced Tuesday that it is mandating a new dress code intended to do away with hats, chains and headphones.

"What we came up with is a dress code that even Mark Cuban could comply with - if he wanted to," joked NBA commissioner David Stern, referring to the oft-fined and casually-garbed owner of the Dallas Mavericks.

Although fines for dress-code violations have yet to be determined, Stern said: "The union's fine with it. It's quite liberal and easygoing."

Players must wear either a suit or casual business attire, namely dress shirts, designer jeans, slacks, shoes and socks, when involved in league or team business.

Moreover, inactive or injured players require a sport coat to sit at the bench during games.

"This is a job and we want to have fun," Cleveland Cavaliers guard LeBron James said. "But it's a job and we should look like we're going to work."

Wearing trendy clothing like replica jerseys, sleeveless shirts, shorts and work boots is now prohibited, as is wearing caps, bandanas, toques, sunglasses (indoors) and listening to headphones (unless arriving for a game or in the locker room).

In other words, the players will no longer resemble their fans.

"We don't really sell to big business," Phoenix Sun guard Raja Bell argued. "We sell to kids, and people who are into the NBA hip-hop world.

"They (the NBA) may be marketing to the wrong people with this."

"We have a minimum standard that we've set that reflects on the professionals in our sport, and you're going to do it," Stern countered. "We're certain that it will be complied with."