Owing to the leakage of the official NBA jersey design of this years’ All-star game set at New Orleans on February 16, legions of fans all over the globe already had their idea on the style of the sport shirts that LeBron et al will wear come the biggest show in world.
The 2014 All-star official jersey designed was unveiled by Adidas on Thursday in the USA. But since, the uniform design of this season’s All-star weekend main event was leaked earlier in the internet, not many of NBA aficionados were surprised on how the league superstars’ outfit on the said date would look like.
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From the official Press Release:
“Designed by adidas, the uniforms are inspired by New Orleans’ rich and unique culture, featuring vibrant Mardi Gras colors and shiny br(–foul word(s) removed–) and silver accents on a short-sleeved silhouette. The NBA All-Star logo appears on the chest of the blue “East” and red “West” jerseys in the shape of the fleur-de-lis, the official symbol of Louisiana, with a purple “W” or green “E” cut out to identify the conference of each player.”
As of the latest count January 9, 2014, according to the NBA All-Star balloting 2014 third returns result, James (1,076,063), Indiana’s Paul George (899,671) and the New York Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony (702,869) led the Eastern Conference’s frontcourt players while Dwyane Wade (718,109) and the Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving (652,522) headed Eastern Conference backcourt players.
In the west coast, OKC’s Kevin Durant who got (1,054,209) is joined in the frontcourt by the Rockets’ Dwight Howard (509,116) and Clippers’ Blake Griffin (500,964) while Kobe Bryant (844,538) and the Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (677,372) pace all Western Conference guards.
Canv(–foul word(s) removed–)ing of votes concludes on January 20, Monday (Tuesday in the Philippines), and starting line up will be announced January 23, Thursday. (Friday, PH time).