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Published: March 30, 2007
Whether you're looking to boast your favorite NBA team, or to make a trendy statement, NBA Jerseys have been comparatively both hot fashion and practical fan wear. According to the National Basketball Association (NBA), jerseys have been on a steady incline since early on in 2000. The 2002-2003 season saw an increase of double the sales of the previous year, and it seemed that would be just a warm up for the many more seasons to come.
Incidentally enough throwbacks started to become known as high fashion when in 2002, Sean Puffy Combs, wore a throwback to the American Music Awards.
Suffice to say this would be just one event in many that would bring the success of NBA Jerseys. Other influences that are well known would be high profile celebrities, such as Spike Lee and Ethan Hawke, sporting jerseys of their favorite teams while frequently attending basketball games.
More recently, in the 2005-2006 season the number one selling jersey was that of Dwayne Wade, a guard for the Miami Heat. Closely behind Wade is Lebron James whose jersey sales were the highest in the 2003 season and have continued to be on the top 10 jersey sales list never straying far from the third sales spot.
Some interesting factors play into identifying the particular aspects of Throwbacks. Many of the variant colors of throwback jerseys contain certain meanings. As a sort of rule of thumb, a person can generally tell that a Jersey is worn at a home game by the background color. Most of the home colors are predominantly white with very few exceptions. Fashionably, NBA Jerseys are worn with either a T-Shirt underneath or without anything underneath but, however, are never worn tucked in. This is undeniably different from NBA Players, who, when in game, are cautioned to keep their jersey tucked into their shorts at all times.
In the NBA, jerseys are worn as a symbol of pride amongst some, as many of the players have their jersey numbers reflect parts of themselves. For instance, Tracy McGrady (T-Mac), a guard for the Houston Rockets, had idolized Anfernee (Penny) Hardaway, a point guard for the Orlando Magic, when he was a child. Hardaway, who played for the Magic from 1993-1999, wore the number 1 on his jersey. T-Mac, respectfully requested the number, and wears it proudly as a remembrance of that time.
Another honor in the NBA is to have a jersey retired. Some of the greatest basketball players of all time will retire their jerseys when they no longer play in the NBA. Basketball greats, such as Walt Frazier and Michael Jordan, have retired their jerseys in their respective towns. These jerseys can still be seen hanging in the stadiums when attending games.
As years progress, new teams and icons will come to pass, in which to recreate a team's image. New players will come, and old players will go, breathing new life into the NBA, and allowing for an endless line of merchandising. You'll come to find many people still wearing a Jordan, 23, jersey, partly because of the nostalgia effect, and another part because the red and white Bulls jersey may go good with the rest of their outfit. It seems as though throwbacks have made their mark on society today, be it from the celebrities that promote them, or the players that create them. It's deftly apparent now that jerseys were much more then a fad, but they are considerably an expression that doesn't look to be going away anytime soon.
Resources:
NBA.com Canada: Basketball U on NBA Fashion. NBA Media Ventures LLC. 2007. NBA.com. Feb. 11th 2007.
Darren Rovell. Hot-Seller: Heat's Wade has No. 1 NBA jersey. ESPN.com. April 14th 2006.ESPN.com.Feb.13th 2007.
Incidentally enough throwbacks started to become known as high fashion when in 2002, Sean Puffy Combs, wore a throwback to the American Music Awards.
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More recently, in the 2005-2006 season the number one selling jersey was that of Dwayne Wade, a guard for the Miami Heat. Closely behind Wade is Lebron James whose jersey sales were the highest in the 2003 season and have continued to be on the top 10 jersey sales list never straying far from the third sales spot.
Some interesting factors play into identifying the particular aspects of Throwbacks. Many of the variant colors of throwback jerseys contain certain meanings. As a sort of rule of thumb, a person can generally tell that a Jersey is worn at a home game by the background color. Most of the home colors are predominantly white with very few exceptions. Fashionably, NBA Jerseys are worn with either a T-Shirt underneath or without anything underneath but, however, are never worn tucked in. This is undeniably different from NBA Players, who, when in game, are cautioned to keep their jersey tucked into their shorts at all times.
In the NBA, jerseys are worn as a symbol of pride amongst some, as many of the players have their jersey numbers reflect parts of themselves. For instance, Tracy McGrady (T-Mac), a guard for the Houston Rockets, had idolized Anfernee (Penny) Hardaway, a point guard for the Orlando Magic, when he was a child. Hardaway, who played for the Magic from 1993-1999, wore the number 1 on his jersey. T-Mac, respectfully requested the number, and wears it proudly as a remembrance of that time.
Another honor in the NBA is to have a jersey retired. Some of the greatest basketball players of all time will retire their jerseys when they no longer play in the NBA. Basketball greats, such as Walt Frazier and Michael Jordan, have retired their jerseys in their respective towns. These jerseys can still be seen hanging in the stadiums when attending games.
As years progress, new teams and icons will come to pass, in which to recreate a team's image. New players will come, and old players will go, breathing new life into the NBA, and allowing for an endless line of merchandising. You'll come to find many people still wearing a Jordan, 23, jersey, partly because of the nostalgia effect, and another part because the red and white Bulls jersey may go good with the rest of their outfit. It seems as though throwbacks have made their mark on society today, be it from the celebrities that promote them, or the players that create them. It's deftly apparent now that jerseys were much more then a fad, but they are considerably an expression that doesn't look to be going away anytime soon.
Resources:
NBA.com Canada: Basketball U on NBA Fashion. NBA Media Ventures LLC. 2007. NBA.com. Feb. 11th 2007
Darren Rovell. Hot-Seller: Heat's Wade has No. 1 NBA jersey. ESPN.com. April 14th 2006.ESPN.com.Feb.13th 2007
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