Now that the 2016 NBA Finals are complete and the Cavaliers have been crowned first-time champions, I’d like to officially release my all-new bracket graphic, the “court bracket”. As I explained in my post about the NHL Playoffs “rink bracket“, I wanted to challenge myself to create something more aesthetically appealing and sport-specific, I’ve attempted to
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Nine Throwback Uniforms in Store for 2016-17 NBA Season
Every season, the NBA selects certain teams to wear “Hardwood Classics” throwback uniforms for various games in the year, and next season is no different. I have obtained confirmation, via an official Adidas catalog, of the 9 teams involved next season and the designs they will be wearing*. Three teams, the Mavericks,
Cavaliers will wear sleeved black jerseys for Game 5 of NBA Finals
You don’t normally see teams break out alternate uniforms for the NBA Finals — much less sleeved alternates. Normally, this is a time where NBA teams decide to just stick with their normal rotation of two home/away uniforms, and for the most part, the Cleveland Cavaliers have done that. Granted,
LeBron James wears wrong shorts
One of the many pratfalls of having multiple alternate uniforms that are the same color is the possibility that one of the players could come out wearing the wrong gear. We’ve seen it multiple times in the past, but the latest victim is probably the highest-profile victim of the ol’
Curry, Warriors Top NBA Merch Sales Charts
It’s amazing what happens when you win. Defending Champions, the Golden State Warriors, and reigning MVP Stephen Curry top their respective top spots on the NBA’s annual list of the top selling player jerseys and team merchandise during the 2015 holiday season. Finishing runner-up to Curry once again is Cleveland’s LeBron James,
LeBron James rips the sleeves off of his sleeved jersey
There have actually been plenty of rumors that LeBron James is not exactly a fan of sleeved jerseys. Well, now we know for a fact that arguably the world’s best basketball player is absolutely not a fan of sleeved jerseys, and he proved it by ripping the sleeves on his
Cavs unveil three alternate uniforms, including black sleeved alternate
Earlier today, Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert posted three hilariously awful uniform designs on his twitter page. However, because of the state of uniform design in the NBA in the present-day, this caused enough people to believe that this could’ve been a legit surprise. Shortly afterwards, the Cavs officially unveiled
Sleeved Cavs alternate jersey gets leaked
Once again, the magical NBA catalog leak has proven to be true, as we’ve ended up getting a closer look at the Cleveland Cavaliers’ new sleeved alternate for this upcoming season. There’s no word on when this jersey will be unveiled, but you had to figure that any team that
NBA and Stance begin to reveal team-colored socks for upcoming season
Earlier in the offseason, we shared the news that Stance would become the official sock supplier of the NBA. With this news came the intriguing development that Stance would also make sure that the teams would wear socks that were designed with each team’s colors, instead of the traditional black
Massive Leak Shows Images of 54 New NBA Uniforms for 2015-16
Four new Toronto Raptors uniforms, Milwaukee Bucks in black, Pistons and Rockets going silver, and a whole host of other completely unexpected new looks were all leaked late last night via an image posted on Reddit. In total the image showed changes for *54* uniforms heading into the 2015-16 campaign, some of
Stephen Curry overtakes LeBron James for most popular jersey in NBA
It appears that King James has been unseated in one category, and once again, a Chef was the one who made the King abdicate his throne. The NBA announced its jersey sale numbers during the Playoffs (April-June), and Stephen Curry has ended LeBron James’ three-year run at the top of
Cleveland Cavs 2015 Phantom NBA Champs Merchandise
Sorry Cleveland… Here’s a look at the championship merchandise the Cleveland Cavaliers which would’ve been made available had the Cavs defeated the Golden State Warriors in the 2015 NBA Finals. As always we lead things off with the official “Locker Room” cap, t-shirt, and towel; this is what LeBron et al