If Stephen Jackson is the face of the Warriors' franchise, at least it just got prettier

The new and (he says) improved Stephen Jackson

With Stephen Jackson working on a contract extension, pretty soon he very well may be the face of the Warriors’ franchise.

Good thing for Warriors fans his face just got a lot better looking.

If you look closely, Jackson is sporting a whole new look this season. One he definitely prefers to the old one.

Gone is the gap-toothed Jackson. He’s been replaced by a guy with “that Colgate smile.”
 

Stephen Jackson's gap is now gone

Jackson's upper teeth are now all veneers, and you can tell he's feeling pretty good about his new look.

"I'm ready for GQ," he said after practice last week.

Turns out that during the infamous incident involving gunplay a few years back in Indianapolis, Jackson suffered what he termed “a jacked-up mouth.”
 

Jackson: Once a gap-toothed similarity to Lauren
Hutton

In other words, not only did Jackson end up getting run over by a car, his face took a beating, too.

“My mouth was all jacked-up,” Jackson said. “I had six teeth broken. I had to have plastic surgery.

 "On my lips, in my mouth, my teeth, all with no anesthesia. (Former Pacers coach) Rick Carlisle was holding my one hand and my wife was holding the other.

“When they stuck that needle in my lip, I looked like the Nutty Professor.”