Wilt

So let's change it to Players in the "wrong" haircuts

IMHO a player can have more than one "right" uniform. For me Magic, Lakers and to some extent Heat (because of the ring) are fine for Shaq. Cleveland, Phoenix and Boston are the wrong ones. When it comes to David Beckham people tend to forget that as a United player he was considered as one of the best right midfielders in the world. Afterwards there was more hype than quality football in his career.

There are 82 games I don't mind seeing several uniforms during the regular season. They should be forbidden during playoffs though. My opinion is that if it keeps the franchises from changing the primary uniforms I would let them cash on the alternates.

So would you also say that Magic is a wrong uniform for Shaq?

13 was Wilt's number so he will have to choose another one.

I managed to find pictures from 7 different teams (including the college though).

I really love the idea with Shaq rainbow so I was trying to find another NBA player that used all the colours but I could only come up with Boris Diaw so far

I've come up with another heavy rainbow

I disagree - many counterfeit merchandise wearers would not buy the merchandise at "regular" price. There's no financial loss for the team. You're (wrongly) assuming that everyone who wears counterfeit merchandise would be willing to buy the product at "regular" price - nowhere near true. I didn't mean overpriced replicas/authentics. I there were no counterfeits available at all, some of those fans would spend their money on cheaper merchandise like T-shirts or caps.

My problem is that I had to spend 50$ to learn that lesson, which is not so little for a grad student that spend all his savings on a trip to New York. My point is that legal vs. bootleg is not black vs. white as some people claim. I don't think DYI is legal in Germany.

I'm not going to praise purchasing bootlegs because it is apparently illegal and I got into small trouble because of it. But there is still an important issue that has to be raised (I guess it was, it just got lost within other arguments), namely IP abuse by copyright holders. I understand that among the community like this one people value every detail but most of the fans don't care if the collar is a little bit thicker or the number slightly bigger than it should be. They want to show the support for their team and do not spend significant share of their salary for it. I agree that buying counterfeits is not a solution because that actually means a financial loss for the team. However, by buying replicas you lose the money yourself. I bought myself Orlando Magic replica jersey when I was in USA 3 years ago (swingman appeared too expensive for me). After wearing it a couple of times and before washing it even once, the numbers started to peal off already, meaning I cannot really use it anymore. I do realize that 50$ is a low price comparing to authentics but still too much for such crap. The soccer replicas come practically in one price category (I know that techfit versions become more accessible now but you won't get them in most of the shops) but at least they can be used for doing sports and washed many times. By selling replicas, NBA is just fooling the customers. I have no pity for people being cheated when buying bootlegs (including myself) but a purchase of a licensed apparell does not guarantee anything either.

I don't think it's fair when the divisions have unequal number of teams.

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