Last Thursday I wrote about some issues regarding hyphenated NOBs. Now we have NBA rookie Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who was drafted last week by the Hornets and then immediately traded to …
Category: NBA
Lots of Founding-Year Glitches in NBA Draft Caps
The NBA draft takes place tonight which means we’ll be seeing lots of NBA draft caps. Normally, I don’t care about draft caps, which are basically just a pointless merchandise …
Nuggets Unveil Second New Uni Set in Less Than 10 Months
The Nuggets unveiled a new uniform set last night — at about 10:30pm Eastern, ugh, when I was busy with other stuff. Okay, let’s have a look, one uni at …
Uni Watch DIY Project: Phoenix Suns Shorts
[Editor’s Note: Paul is on vacation until May 30. Today we have a guest entry from Brad Eenhuis, who’s going to fill us in on a DIY project he recently …
Exclusive: NBA Christmas Uni Update
Last month I reported that the NBA Christmas uniform program, which was suspended in 2017, would be returning in 2018. The same source who told me about that says that …
Should Police Officers Be Wearing Team Logos?
Interesting news out of Houston, where police chief Art Acevedo has given his officers permission to wear black Rockets caps like the one shown at right for the rest of …
NBA Uni Tracking: Crunching the Final Numbers
[Editor’s Note: Collin Wright has been tracking the NBA’s uniform matchups throughout the 2017-18 season. With the regular season now over, here’s his final report. Enjoy. — PL] By Collin …
EXCLUSIVE: NBA Christmas Unis Returning in 2018
Lots of people, myself included, were surprised when the NBA didn’t have Christmas Day uniforms this season, a development that was widely attributed to Nike’s resources being stretched too thin …
What Are the Chances of an Ad-Free NBA Finals?
The NBA playoffs begin tomorrow. It will mark the first time that the league’s postseason has featured uniform advertising, at least for some of the teams. That raises an intriguing …
YouTube TV Logo to Appear on Court for NBA Finals
During the past few NBA Finals series, lots of people have complained about the Finals logo not appearing on the court as it had during previous seasons. That won’t be …
NBA Teams and Their Courts Didn’t Always Match
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry by Dan Tarrant, who’s examining an intriguing aspect of NBA court design history. Enjoy. — PL] By Dan Tarrant For the better …
The 1995 & 1996 NBA All Star Unis – Pushing The Envelope of Design
By Phil Hecken, with Tom O’Grady Follow @PhilHecken The NBA All-Star game takes place today (I won’t be watching, I have curling tonight, but I’d watch it if I were …
Gone Too Soon: The Early-1980s Cleveland Cavaliers
[Editor’s Note: “Only the good die young” usually doesn’t apply to sports uniforms. But sometimes a beautiful uniform is mothballed long before its time. Today we kick off “Gone Too Soon,” …
Report: NBA All-Star Jerseys Just as Bad as We Feared
Click to enlarge For the past two weeks, leaked images purported to be of the NBA All-Star jerseys have been circulating. The sheer multiplicity of images (there were several more …
NBA Honors MLK
For all photos, click to enlarge The NBA commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day yesterday, as players throughout the league wore “I Have a Dream” shirts during pregame warm-ups. Naturally, …