Embed from Getty Images St. Paddy’s Day came a bit early last night in New Jersey, as the Devils held to their annual tradition of wearing their green-trimmed throwbacks for …
Category: NBA
Nothing But Net: Lakers Suspected Foul Play in ’68 Finals
Longtime Uni Watch reader Jerry Wolper spends a lot of time researching his way through old Pittsburgh newspapers. Along the way, he often spots things that would be of interest …
Orange You Glad That the Bullets Switched to White?
[Editor’s Note: Paul is on vacation and will return to the site on March 9. Today’s content is by assistant editor Mike Chamernik.] By Mike Chamernik The NBA was very …
A Look Back at a Particularly Bad Bullets Uni
[Editor’s Note: Paul is on vacation. Today we have a guest entry from David Versel. He’s written for Uni Watch before, about his childhood uniform drawings. Today he’s taking a …
Uni Watch History Lesson: When Rimas Kurtinaitis Wore a Plain Jersey in the 1989 Three Point Shootout
Click to slightly enlarge Yesterday’s Ticker had an item about Craig Hodges competing in the 1993 NBA Three Point Shootout while wearing a generic NBA jersey, because he was a …
Mr. Vilk Looks Back at NBA All Star Games Past
Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken, with Jimmer Vilk I have a confession to make — this piece was actually supposed to run tomorrow, the day of the actual NBA …
Welcome to Idiocracy: NBA D-League to Become Gatorade League (yes, really)
Beginning next season, the NBA Development League will be renamed the NBA Gatorade League. Welcome to the NBA G-League! pic.twitter.com/l2jsMceBu1 — NBA D-League (@nbadleague) February 14, 2017 The NBA began …
Utah Jazz to Wear Cancer Fundraising Patch Next Season
Click to enlarge Yesterday morning the Utah Jazz announced that they’d be unveiling their jersey advertisement patch later in the day. The patch, they promised, would be “innovative.” Hmmmm, what …
Nets and Cavs Join NBA Uni Ad Bandwagon
Click to enlarge Shortly after I posted yesterday morning’s Uni Watch entry, the Nets became the latest NBA team to announce that they’ll have a uniform advertiser next season. They’re …
Celtics Announce GE Advertising Patch Deal
When the news came down that the NBA would allow corporate advertising patches on game jerseys for the 2017-18 season, I heard a few people in high places saying, “Okay, …
Report: Nike Not Planning to Make Sleeved NBA Jerseys
Ever since the NBA announced that Nike would be taking over from Adidas as the league’s uniform outfitter in the fall of 2017, one of the recurring questions on people’s …
Underwhelming Unveiling: NBA Reveals All-Star Uni Set
Click to enlarge The NBA All-Star Game will be played in New Orleans on Feb. 19, and yesterday we finally got our first look at the uniforms. Ugh, black vs. …
Pharmaceutical Ad Includes Clever Logo-Centric Reference
A TV commercial for an anti-stroke drug called Xarelta, featuring NBA legend Jerry West, began running back in August (see above; it seems to play better in Chrome than in …
A Look Back at the Lakers’ 2007 Throwback Short Shorts
Click to enlarge When it was announced that the Lakers would be wearing late-’80s throwbacks for last Friday night’s game against Golden State, several people felt obliged to quip, “Are …
Hawks Add Early-’70s Racing Stripe Throwback
Click to enlarge We’ve known for a while that the Hawks would be wearing an early-’70s racing stripe throwback this season (Conrad Burry broke that news, along with the rest …