Clippers should ditch the blue

[Midway]

This^

One of the biggest reasons red and navy dominant sports teams usually win championships is because the amount of teams that employ any variation those colors is extremely great. That's all there is to it.

[Guest]

This^

One of the biggest reasons red and navy dominant sports teams usually win championships is because the amount of teams that employ any variation those colors is extremely great. That's all there is to it.

Definitely. But just as Jordan wore UNC shorts underneath his Bulls shorts and some NHL goalies not stepping on certain lines on the ice, players have their own ways to overcome superstitions, even though it could just be coincidence, confidence or simply dominance. MJ and Pippen couldn't win in Chicago until a better coach came along; same with Kobe and Shaq in LA: it had nothing to do with the team colors, but colors do matter, just perhaps not enough to make a team a championship team. I just wanted to see what the Clips looked like in red and black; everything else what trying to figure out patterns, like sabermetrics, only without tangible or concrete numbers, just one set of data (past championships), which obviously isn't indicative of future performance, otherwise the Spurs would've beaten the Heat last year.

From http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/nba-bans-derrick-rose-wearing-protective-neck-tape-204853684--nba.html

The “psychological effect,” however, is huge. It’s why athletes eat the same meals before every game, or tie their shoes a certain way, or wear all manner of sometimes-needed pads or sleeves. Players are looking to feel comfortable and confident, and a lucky team handshake or pregame iPod playlist can work just as well as a placebo effect as “medical” tape like this.

Even if the tape’s “effects” truly are bogus.