Thomas O’Grady, the NBA’s first-ever Creative Services Director, remembers getting a mysterious beckoning to NBA Commissioner David Stern’s office. When he walked into the New York office in 2001, after having worked with Stern for more than a decade of the eventual 13 years he would be at the NBA
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Black Patches Added to All NBA Jerseys for David Stern
The NBA today announced that every team will wear a memorial black bar on their jerseys for the remainder of the 2019-20 season. This black patch is being added in memory of former commissioner David Stern who died Wednesday at the age of 77. The black band will be worn
Vancouver Grizzlies Return Tonight in Memphis
The Vancouver Grizzlies are back tonight! And will re-appear again a total of 14 times throughout the 2019-20 season. For this evening’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers at FedExForum in Memphis, the Grizzlies will wear these classic teal Vancouver road uniforms for the first time since their original run
Toronto Thunder? What Could Have Been For Expansion Raptors
Before the Thunder rumbled all over the NBA from Oklahoma City it could’ve been from Toronto… or so we’ve just learned. Today Richard Peddie, the former CEO of Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment Tweeted a photo of him having lunch with current MLSE chairman Larry Tanenbaum while wearing an unusual
NBA City Edition Uniforms 2019-20
National Basketball Association teams have been releasing their new 2019-2020 “City Edition” uniforms fast and furiously over the past few days, to make things easier to keep track of I’ll be adding to this post as things come out — both officially and as confirmed leaks. NBA City Edition jerseys
Five New NBA Uniforms Leak, See Them All Here
Five more NBA leaks over the past twenty-four hours, pretty much all of which due to a jersey being put out for sale too early (which is a good indication that they’re coming out for reals shortly). Let’s get right to it. Working in “that’s awesome” order, the Denver Nuggets
Premature Launch: Rockets New City Uniform Leaked
The Houston Rockets new “City Edition” jersey for the 2019-20 season was leaked yesterday afternoon, posted to a fan-run Instagram account known as NBA Worldwide Coverage. Showing a white jersey with red and silver striping around the collar, the leaked image includes a black wordmark across the chest reading “H-TOWN”
Orlando Magic Unveil New Citrus-Themed Uniforms
Whoever had anthracite and orange on their City Colours BINGO card, congratulations! The Orlando Magic this morning unveiled their new City Edition uniform for the 2019-20 season, it’s a design and colour scheme that has very little to do with the history or identity of the team itself but (as
Atlanta Hawks Unveil New Peachtree “City Edition” Uniform
The Atlanta Hawks unveiled a new uniform today, and it’s a real peach… Inspired by Peachtree Street, the main road that runs through Atlanta, the Hawks new “City Edition” jerseys feature the name of the street right across the chest in white lettering trimmed in peach. Peach and white continues
LEAK: Boston Celtics New City Uniform for 2020
Imagine starting out with a new team, you’re just a few games into your new two-year deal with them, and then you leak their brand new, still unreleased, jersey to the world? ? Enes Kanter’s Instagram account did just that earlier today with the new Boston Celtics “City Edition” uniform
Raptors Throwing Back Tonight, Wearing Classic Dino Uniforms
The Toronto Raptors are bringing it all the way back to the very beginning tonight when they début their “Classic Edition” 1995 white throwback uniforms against the Orlando Magic. The uniforms are based on what the team wore at home for the first four seasons from the Damon Stoudamire led
NBA Twitter Team Emoji Hashtags 2019-2020
Another season and another round of NBA Twitter team emoji hashtags. A few new ones for 2019-2020, Boston thankfully dropped #CUsRise and the Jazz brought back the much more used #TakeNote (over #TeamIsEverything). Here’s the complete list for this season. To use any of these emojis, simply type any of