NBA Changes 2013-14 Season

[GriffinM6]

Seeing the Christmas unis from this as compared to last years make last years look like the Celtics. It's just awful to look at the wretched uniforms Adidas has bestowed upon us.

[Derek94]

Spurs did them the best. Hopefully the shorts will be skin tight to make the uniform balanced. Fullified krunkness

[GriffinM6]

Spurs did them the best. Hopefully the shorts will be skin tight to make the uniform balanced. Fullified krunkness

So you basically want them to play in compression shorts?

[-DASH]

spurs are the ugliest because of that messed up logo

[CubsFanBudMan]

I think I'm looking forward to them playing with that shiny ball the most. If they thought the synthetic ball was slick, wait 'til they get a load of the ornament ball.

[HighCheese]

Spurs did them the best. Hopefully the shorts will be skin tight to make the uniform balanced. Fullified krunkness

So you basically want them to play in compression shorts?

Yes

When cycling meets basketball.

Next year we give em skates

[Lights Out]

Adidas sucksssss. The fact that it's all the exact same template for every team screams both laziness and valuing self-promotion over the actual product. If they really need to have special Christmas uniforms, why not do something like recoloring all the teams' regular uniforms in red and green? These sleeved clownsuits don't even look Christmassy.

[MEANS]

yeah it makes total sense to give every team a different template uniform for 1 game....

[Wilt]

I suppose the jerseys of teams not playing on Christmas can be considered as fashion jerseys. Anyway, quite unexpected colour choice for the Grizzlies

[phutmasterflex]

yeah it makes total sense to give every team a different template uniform for 1 game....

MLB did just that for their league-wide TATC. And since it's just 10 teams playing on Christmas, is it that hard? Nope. Adidas is just too lazy and have too much hubris about their own trash.

But in a real sense, is even creating these new shirts necessary? Absolutely not. It's a gimmick and it will always be that. And it's a terrible one.

[DC in Da House w/o a Doubt]

I suppose the jerseys of teams not playing on Christmas can be considered as fashion jerseys. Anyway, quite unexpected colour choice for the Grizzlies

Is there a place that shows all of them? Or did they only make them for quasi-good teams that could have been considered for Christmas games? (Meaning, no Wizards, Kings, Bobcats, Magic, etc.)

[Bravo96]

As soon as I saw that, I went to check the Bobcats and couldn't find anything.

[mjd77]

Some of the ones we haven't seen yet

Nice find!

Where did you find those? Any for the Bucks?

[The Golden One]

I suppose the jerseys of teams not playing on Christmas can be considered as fashion jerseys. Anyway, quite unexpected colour choice for the Grizzlies

Is there a place that shows all of them? Or did they only make them for quasi-good teams that could have been considered for Christmas games? (Meaning, no Wizards, Kings, Bobcats, Magic, etc.)

They have 17 here but not that Memphis one, so who knows...

http://store.nba.com/search/2013NBAChristmasDay?ab=NBA_HP_A_BIGHoliday_111413

[Wilt]

I've found it on the European website of NBA store.

http://www.nbastore.eu/stores/nba/products/product_browse.aspx?category|category_root|35907=jerseys&category|cat_35907|45571=collections&category|cat_45571|45578=christmas%20day

[Lee Noire]

I have two issues with these Xmas unis and the sleeves have nothing to do with that. Go figure.

First off these would look so much better if they were actually unique designs and not paint by numbers templates. At minimum they should at least look like the normal uni sets just with sleeves. I think that's a flaw in the unis design though. Those areas were there could be stripes or piping are occupied by the breathable mesh stuff.

Second, they are just too tight. The players don't wear their normal unis that tight so why do they do it with these? I definitely don't want to see a overweight fan squeeze into one of those so here's hoping they fit more like soccer jerseys on fans.

[mjd77]

I have two issues with these Xmas unis and the sleeves have nothing to do with that. Go figure.

First off these would look so much better if they were actually unique designs and not paint by numbers templates. At minimum they should at least look like the normal uni sets just with sleeves. I think that's a flaw in the unis design though. Those areas were there could be stripes or piping are occupied by the breathable mesh stuff.

Second, they are just too tight. The players don't wear their normal unis that tight so why do they do it with these? I definitely don't want to see a overweight fan squeeze into one of those so here's hoping they fit more like soccer jerseys on fans.

I'm thinking the retail version won't be so form fitting.

[The Golden One]

I have two issues with these Xmas unis and the sleeves have nothing to do with that. Go figure.

First off these would look so much better if they were actually unique designs and not paint by numbers templates. At minimum they should at least look like the normal uni sets just with sleeves. I think that's a flaw in the unis design though. Those areas were there could be stripes or piping are occupied by the breathable mesh stuff.

Second, they are just too tight. The players don't wear their normal unis that tight so why do they do it with these? I definitely don't want to see a overweight fan squeeze into one of those so here's hoping they fit more like soccer jerseys on fans.

I'm thinking the retail version won't be so form fitting.

It's not. Being a warrior fans seen them all too much.

It's around $350 for an authentic. form fitting

$110 for the replica swingman, which is more of a t-shirt cut

$25 for an actual t-shirt.

[OnWis97]

yeah it makes total sense to give every team a different template uniform for 1 game....

That may be true, but does not take away from the fact that this is about the manufacturer and not the teams.

If they cannot get unique looks that represent the team then they should not bother.

[MEANS]

yeah it makes total sense to give every team a different template uniform for 1 game....

MLB did just that for their league-wide TATC. And since it's just 10 teams playing on Christmas, is it that hard? Nope. Adidas is just too lazy and have too much hubris about their own trash.

But in a real sense, is even creating these new shirts necessary? Absolutely not. It's a gimmick and it will always be that. And it's a terrible one.

That was also 15 years ago and was more of a concept "what if program". All but 10 teams participated so you are wrong it wasn't league wide and a lot of the design direction for the team that started it was the Seattle Mariners, namely Ken Griffey Jr. Were these even sold at retail?

Teams play on X-mas in the NBA, adidas is just taking advantage of that spotlight to try something different. It's not the end of the sports world as some of you might think. Too lazy would be rolling out the same uniforms every year.