By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken It’s been a while since I ran uniform concepts (too long in fact — need to start running them again), and so today I have …
Category: NBA
Something Up His Sleeve
Remember when we recently talked about Kevin Durant’s new signature footwear blurring the line between sneaker and sock? He blurred it a lot more seriously during pregame warm-ups for last …
The Wearin’ of the Green … and Orange!
Marcus Smart knows how to read a defense: pic.twitter.com/vQ2uc8jXFc — Boston Celtics (@celtics) March 16, 2016 If you were somehow unaware that today is St. Patrick’s Day, the sports world …
Basketball Players Show Less and Less Skin
Click to enlarge The guy shown above is Nick Emery, a freshman guard who plays for BYU. As you can see, he goes with a long-sleeve base-layer shirt under his …
Is It a Shoe, a Sock, a Sleeve, or All Three?
Nike released Kevin Durant’s latest signature shoe yesterday, the KD8 Elite. I don’t usually delve into the world of sneakers, but this one has an interesting wrinkle that merits further …
Your Annual NBA ASG Sneaker Preview — Kickin’ It With Matt Powers
Click to enlarge Today we are joined by Matt Powers, who has, since 2009, brought us the annual NBA All Star Game sneaker preview. He’s back again this year. Enjoy! …
New Boombang Won’t Look So isoBLOXy
By Phil Hecken In a story you may have seen yesterday on ESPN, William Weinbaum reported that MLB and the MLB Players Association have come together with a plan to …
World Championship Patches: Yea or Nay?
Click to enlarge What was that on the Royals’ sleeves at a recent fanfest event? It’s their championship patch, which they’ll be wearing this season. This type of patch is …
A Bizarre Scene in Boston
I was flipping channels last night and stumbled upon the Pacers/Celtics game. Boston was wearing its sleeved grey alts (which I hate) and Indiana wore its Hickory throwbacks (which I …
Young Fan Submits Uni Concepts to Favorite Teams, Hears Back!
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Chris Spisak, who has some good stories about submitting uniform designs to pro teams when he was in high school. Enjoy. …
All They Needed Was a Red, White, and Blue Ball
Really fun game last night in Memphis, as the Grizzlies debuted their Memphis Sounds throwbacks. I love it when the old ABA designs get resurrected, and I also like it …
LeBron James Channels NBA Fans’ Collective Rage, Rips Open Sleeves on His Jersey
Sleeved NBA jerseys: You’re sick of them, I’m sick of them, and now the greatest player on the planet is officially sick of them. That’s the obvious conclusion to draw …
Uniform Advertising Coming to NBA All-Star Game
Potentially big news out of the NBA last night, as The Wall Street Journal broke the story that the league will wear KIA advertising patches on its All-Star Game jerseys …
The Wizards Channel the 1970s Baltimore Bullets
We’d known this was coming thanks to the earlier leak-o-rama, but now it’s official: The Wizards will wear a sleeved version of the Baltimore Bullets’ old racing stripe uni for …
New NBA Uniforms Revisited
Yesterday was NBA Media Day, with lots of teams doing photo shoots and showcasing players in full uniform. That included five teams with new uniforms. Let’s see how those new …