Category: NBA | Uni Watch

How Did Media Outlets Show LeBron in a Lakers Uni Last Night?

By Paul Lukas, on July 2nd, 2018%

As news broke last night of LeBron James taking his talents to L.A., it was interesting to see how various media outlets depicted him in a Lakers uniform on their home pages and social media platforms.

ESPN, for example, took the odd approach of Photoshopping James into a yellow jersey from the pre-Nike era, complete . . . → Read More: How Did Media Outlets Show LeBron in a Lakers Uni Last Night?

Behold the Longest NOB in NBA History

By Paul Lukas, on June 26th, 2018%

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 the Clippers, who yesterday assigned him No. 2 and gave him his first jersey. His NOB — 17 letters plus the hyphen — is . . . → Read More: Behold the Longest NOB in NBA History

Lots of Founding-Year Glitches in NBA Draft Caps

By Paul Lukas, on June 21st, 2018%

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 category, but reader David R., who prefers not to use his full name, has identified an interesting inconsistency in this latest crop of NBA . . . → Read More: Lots of Founding-Year Glitches in NBA Draft Caps

Nuggets Unveil Second New Uni Set in Less Than 10 Months

By Paul Lukas, on June 7th, 2018%

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 a time (as usual, we’ll skip the embarrassing corporatespeak about “editions” and just describe the uniforms using, you know, English):

1. The new primary white . . . → Read More: Nuggets Unveil Second New Uni Set in Less Than 10 Months