The quiet shudder that made its way around the NBA a couple weeks ago nfl cheap jerseys had something to do with a uniform tweak. The league unveiled sleeved jerseys and announced its lab rats would be the Golden State Warriors. Debuting this occasional experiment on these particular guys was both a punishment and ontological bad luck: They may be sixth in the Western Conference, but when it comes to exploitation they're the last straw.
I think the reason for the shudder had less to do with a fear of change and more to do with what the league was asking these guys to change into. In the still photographs that were released steelers jerseys with the announcement, Harrison Barnes modeled the new look: a snug yellow jersey whose sleeves end at the middle of the triceps. Tight sleeves are where modern rugby has always been and men's tennis has momentarily landed. For basketball, the snugness is a kind of innovation and a reintroduction of the past.
Which is to say it might not have been the jerseys alone dallas cowboys jerseys that necessarily made people nervous. Although Adidas says the shirts are lighter, they still seem restrictive. But that's not the main problem. If the Warriors' formfitting tops induced apprehension, it was for what those tops portend: form-fitting bottoms. Yes, these tops really do prod one to ask, "What's next?" And what's next in this back-to-the-future development could be nut-huggers — to which all one can really say is if Wilt Chamberlain didn't mind them, why should Stephen Curry? Yet, for now, the shirts are to be worn with long, baggy, pinstriped shorts that have nothing good to do with what's happening up top.
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