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Category: NBA
NBA, Nike Planning 75th-Anniversary Uniforms for 2021-22
Click to enlarge The 1996-97 season marked the NBA’s 50th anniversary. As you can see in the photo shown above, they marked the occasion by using a gold NBA logo …
Rockets Unveil Middling New Uniform Set
Click to enlarge Happy summer solstice! Let’s hear it for the Houston Rockets, who last night unveiled a new set of full uniforms, not just jerseys — although they did …
Whole Lotta Nothin’: NBA Teams with Zero and Double-Zero
With the Trail Blazers doing well in this season’s NBA playoffs (they open the Western Conference Finals against Golden State tonight), many fans are noticing, apparently for the first time, …
Dubs Mark End of Oakland Era with ‘We Believe’ Throwbacks
The Warriors are moving to a new arena in San Francisco next season, which means yesterday was their final regular season game in Oakland. Some teams might have worn a …
Uni Watch DIY Project: Replicating the Celtics’ Retired Numbers
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest post from Brad Eenhuis, who’s hit upon an interesting new DIY project category. Enjoy. — PL] By Brad Eenhuis Recently I’ve been turned …
Northwestern Hoops Uni Draws Heavily on Old NBA Design
For all photos in this section, click to enlarge Fascinating series of events yesterday that raise all sorts of interesting questions about the creative process, intellectual property, and so on. …
It’s Back! Kickin’ It 2019 – Your NBA ASG Sneaker Guide
By Phil Hecken, with Matthew Weidner Follow @PhilHecken Well, it’s that time of year again: time to see the shoes the NBA All Stars will be wearing for the big …
NBA Intro’s ‘Jersey of the Future’ — But Can It Core a Apple?
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken Never did a throwaway Ticker item transform into a lede so fast. That’s right, yesterday, at its annual All-Star Technology Summit, the NBA (and Commissioner …
Talking NBA Armbands with Ace Collector Harrison Hall
I recently received a note from a guy named Harrison Hall (that’s him at right), who has an interesting hobby: He collects game-used NBA armbands, which he documents on an …
And Then There Was One: Pacers Are Latest to Sell Out Their Uni
Last month I wrote about how the Pacers and Thunder were the final two NBA teams with ad-free uniforms. In that piece, I mentioned that Pacers exec Todd Taylor had …
NBA Finally Unveils Participation-Trophy Uniforms
Amidst an increasing torrent of leaks, the NBA went ahead and made it official yesterday by releasing the cringe-inducingly named “Earned” uniforms — the ones that will be worn by …
Deep Dish Dishes Major Chicagoland Uni Intel
There’s a Uni Watch reader out there who does some uni-related work at the Bulls’ and Blackhawks’ arena in Chicago. He prefers to remain anonymous, so let’s call him Deep …
And Then There Were Two
When the 2017-18 NBA season tipped off a little more than a year ago, 17 of the league’s 30 teams had sold space on their jerseys to corporate advertisers. Another …
Crazy Day Features a Flood of NBA Leaks and Unveilings
The NBA’s drip-drip-drip of alternate uniform leaks became a tsunami yesterday, as a large number of jersey designs began circulating in advance of their official unveilings — with many of …