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Published: June 26, 2007
An athlete practicing to get as good as the NBA pros might as well dress the part. Lightweight and stylish, NBA basketball apparel appeals to basketball players outside the professional world. Kids especially admire iconic players like Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal as well as newer NBA sensations like Lebron James.
The NBA basketball apparel worn by celebrity ballers like Kobe Bryant is sold at sports shops and online.
Athletes can buy basketball apparel such as jerseys (complete with players' numbers and names on the back), gym shorts, athletic jackets, and other performance wear.
Popular sports brands Adidas, Nike and Reebok make NBA basketball apparel – the latter manufactures the gear sold from the NBA's official online store – but there are also companies like Hardwood Classic that specialize in certain designs of NBA basketball apparel.
A popular category of basketball apparel is the throwback jersey, which imitates a team's past logo style. These are harder to find – try searching for websites specializing in sales of throwbacks – and generally more expensive. The throwback style is limited to the logo design on the jersey and shorts; there seems to be little interest in reviving those short shorts from way back.
NBA team apparel comes in styles for every day use. Team logos adorn varieties of pajama pants for just lounging around. Pick your team, and a crew neck or hooded sweatshirt is available with the team's logo across the chest. NBA's official online store sells t-shirts with more elaborate team designs than the ones found on jerseys. One specific tee features Cleveland Cavaliers small forward LeBron James looming over the Cleveland skyscrapers with CLEVELAND'S KING written underneath in pointed, Gothic lettering.
When the weather gets nicer and more conducive to playing basketball outside, it's the best time to invest in some new gear to show off on the courts. Stores and websites selling NBA basketball apparel are known to have sales at the end of the NBA season. Those fuzzy flannel lounge pants go for $22.99 on fansedge.com. FansEdge also sells polos with team logos on the chest, and the site marked down those shirts to $21.99 at the end of the 2007 NBA season.
The Sports Authority is a major sports outlet with a large selection of basketball apparel. Jerseys cost a pretty penny at stores like this (usually $34.99 and up), so some fans opt for picking up their NBA team apparel at discount giants like Wal-Mart. While the selection is more limited at a place like Wal-Mart that doesn't specialize in athletic gear, the basketball apparel is sold at discounted prices. Wal-Mart sold an NBA ringer tee in winter 2006 for under $11.
Basketball apparel is available for women and kids. Just like the men, women have the choice of mesh jersey replicas and other apparel like sweatshirts, knit tank tops, and sweat pants. Women's jerseys usually come in varying degrees of feminine styling to differentiate them from men's jerseys.
Whether on the court or supporting the team from the couch at home, NBA basketball apparel is available for all types of basketball fans, big and small. And because of the mass-marketing and affordability of the NBA team apparel, now anyone can be Allen Iverson – or at least pretend.
Sources:
End of Season Sale. EastBay. 1998-2007. EastBay, Inc. 11 June 2007.
http://www.eastbay.com/promo/default.cfm?SID=803 5&inceptor=1&module=promo&action=view5 />Barnes, Mike. “NBA Apparel For Christmas.” Suite101. 8 Dec. 2006. 11 June 2007.
http://basketball.suite101.com/article.cfm/NBA_a pparel_for_christmas
Cleveland Cavaliers Lebron James Youth Jersey. Sports Fan Outlet, Inc. 24 June 2007.
http://sportsfanoutlet.com/cat.cgi?k2q=CLEVELAND +CAVALIERS&c=jerseys&Submit=Submit
NBA Adidas Women's Fashion Jerseys. FansEdge. 2007. FansEdge, Inc. 24 June 2007.
http://www.fansedge.com/ProductGrid.aspx?nav=||| |||1|||3_2:6_2:2_992,3_2:9_2:10_1:11_119:12_2933||
The NBA basketball apparel worn by celebrity ballers like Kobe Bryant is sold at sports shops and online.
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Popular sports brands Adidas, Nike and Reebok make NBA basketball apparel – the latter manufactures the gear sold from the NBA's official online store – but there are also companies like Hardwood Classic that specialize in certain designs of NBA basketball apparel.
A popular category of basketball apparel is the throwback jersey, which imitates a team's past logo style. These are harder to find – try searching for websites specializing in sales of throwbacks – and generally more expensive. The throwback style is limited to the logo design on the jersey and shorts; there seems to be little interest in reviving those short shorts from way back.
NBA team apparel comes in styles for every day use. Team logos adorn varieties of pajama pants for just lounging around. Pick your team, and a crew neck or hooded sweatshirt is available with the team's logo across the chest. NBA's official online store sells t-shirts with more elaborate team designs than the ones found on jerseys. One specific tee features Cleveland Cavaliers small forward LeBron James looming over the Cleveland skyscrapers with CLEVELAND'S KING written underneath in pointed, Gothic lettering.
When the weather gets nicer and more conducive to playing basketball outside, it's the best time to invest in some new gear to show off on the courts. Stores and websites selling NBA basketball apparel are known to have sales at the end of the NBA season. Those fuzzy flannel lounge pants go for $22.99 on fansedge.com. FansEdge also sells polos with team logos on the chest, and the site marked down those shirts to $21.99 at the end of the 2007 NBA season.
The Sports Authority is a major sports outlet with a large selection of basketball apparel. Jerseys cost a pretty penny at stores like this (usually $34.99 and up), so some fans opt for picking up their NBA team apparel at discount giants like Wal-Mart. While the selection is more limited at a place like Wal-Mart that doesn't specialize in athletic gear, the basketball apparel is sold at discounted prices. Wal-Mart sold an NBA ringer tee in winter 2006 for under $11.
Basketball apparel is available for women and kids. Just like the men, women have the choice of mesh jersey replicas and other apparel like sweatshirts, knit tank tops, and sweat pants. Women's jerseys usually come in varying degrees of feminine styling to differentiate them from men's jerseys.
Whether on the court or supporting the team from the couch at home, NBA basketball apparel is available for all types of basketball fans, big and small. And because of the mass-marketing and affordability of the NBA team apparel, now anyone can be Allen Iverson – or at least pretend.
Sources:
End of Season Sale. EastBay. 1998-2007. EastBay, Inc. 11 June 2007.
http://www.eastbay.com/promo/default.cfm?SID=803 5&inceptor=1&module=promo&action=view5 />Barnes, Mike. “NBA Apparel For Christmas.” Suite101. 8 Dec. 2006. 11 June 2007.
http://basketball.suite101.com/article.cfm/NBA_a pparel_for_christmas
Cleveland Cavaliers Lebron James Youth Jersey. Sports Fan Outlet, Inc. 24 June 2007.
http://sportsfanoutlet.com/cat.cgi?k2q=CLEVELAND +CAVALIERS&c=jerseys&Submit=Submit
NBA Adidas Women's Fashion Jerseys. FansEdge. 2007. FansEdge, Inc. 24 June 2007.
http://www.fansedge.com/ProductGrid.aspx?nav=||| |||1|||3_2:6_2:2_992,3_2:9_2:10_1:11_119:12_2933||
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