I already knew the NBA had too many uniforms, but the Thunder took things to a new level on Friday night against the Hawks, wearing different uniforms in each half of their game against Atlanta.
There was a good reason for the change, namely that the NBA has too many fucking uniform. Hawks showed up on Oklahoma City ground wearing (verification notes) T-shirts Icon, while Thunder gets dressed (check notes again) T-shirts Statement.
The result was an incredibly bad match red versus orange.
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Incredibly, Thunder – the home team with the ability to wear any uniform they could pick up – he tried to blame the Hawks fiasco “wearing the wrong uniform color for the game.”
Apparently, the Hawks only brought red uniforms on their trip, almost as if they thought they could get away with a concept as crazy as “road uniforms.” Thunder may have been distrustful of this, but he gently switched to the white uniforms break – no, I’m sorry, (check notes again) Association jerseys.
Thunder beat the Hawks, 63-55, in orange, and Atlanta, 55-54, in white, for a 118-109 final.
The worst part is that it wasn’t just a weird thing. Uniform elections were made in advance and the situation was entirely avoidable.
In 2013, the Hawks-Knicks clash of red and orange was a much easier mistake to understand. New York wore its orange alternatives for the fourth time, and the NBA rules at the time asked the host team to achieve this, “wear light T-shirts and visitors dark T-shirts, unless otherwise approved.”
Orange had been designated a light-colored T-shirt, and NBA Vice President Tim Frank said, “Going forward, we’ll make sure our opponent wears a more distinctive color when the Knicks wear orange.”
However, he did not say anything about the Thunder wearing orange.
Sorry, not orange. “Sunset.” Is it a basketball league or an LL Bean catalog?