T Dot is getting the love
Considering this will be the first NBA All-Star Game to be played outside of the United States, adidas has gone above and beyond to pay homage to the city of Toronto for the 65th annual festivities. The game is going down on February 14, 2016 and while the teams haven’t been announced as of yet, the uniforms for both East and West teams have been unveiled.
This year’s jerseys look clean and have subtle hints of different symbols throughout the front, back and on the shorts. Not only for the city of Toronto, but for the Raptors as well. We didn’t catch any owl logos anywhere, though.
The red-and-white Western Conference and white-and-blue Eastern Conference uniforms feature a maple leaf overlay on the front of the jerseys as a tribute to the national symbol of Canada, while Toronto’s cityscape is featured across the back to represent the host city. Clean, single-layered fonts are a nod to the NBA’s early days in Toronto, where the first NBA game was played on Nov. 1, 1946 between the Toronto Huskies and New York Knickerbockers.
A star patch that incorporates the maple leaf and NBA logo is displayed on the upper back of the uniforms, while black-and-gold jock tags display the Toronto Raptors’ alternate team colors and claw logo. Featured on the jersey’s neck liner and shorts’ draw strings is a mosaic of flag colors that represent the multinational makeup of the league’s players.
Shit is about to be lit this year up in Canada.
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