We know by now how much the NBA loves to sell jerseys, as evidenced by the seemingly-endless line of new uniforms that come out annually. Since 2012, the league has made the teams playing on Christmas wear special Christmas uniforms, most of which have been horrendously ugly.
The Clippers faced the Nuggets on Christmas in 2012, and you may remember these beauties:
Yikes! You can barely even read those things. No, I am not an old man. Last year, your Clippers made the pilgrimage north to ORACLE Arena in Oakland, where they lost to their arch nemeses, the Warriors. Let's get a refresher on how they looked in the process.
There you see Blake Griffin before he was wrongfully ejected from the game. The NBA is realllllly trying to make sleeves happen, even if the players hate playing in them. Those look a little bit better than the 2012 iterations, but they're also weirdly simple. A little too simple. Still better than the gaudy yellow things the Warriors were wearing, at least.
The Clips will head back to the Bay Area to play the Warriors again this December 25th. Hopefully that goes a bit better than the first time these two teams saw each other. Friday, the league released the uniforms for this year:
Hmm. There's quite a bit to take in here. The sleeves are gone, so that's a plus. It's simple, much like the ones last year, but the "LAC" logo seems to look slicker than the generic "Clippers" logo from 2013.
But the main takeaway here is the name thing. The league decided to take a page out of the soccer book and go with first names for the players, kinda like what they did last year when the Nets and Heat wore nickname jerseys in a couple of games. The 2014 version has a definite All-Star feel to it, with the name being below the number, and all.
You do you, NBA.
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