“I’ve been around the NBA for 25 years and I don’t think I’ve ever seen both teams come out in their home kits. [bianche]”said a stunned Brevin Knight at the opening of the Bally Sports broadcast of tonight’s Thunder-Grizzlies game. Given that Knight has played with nine teams in 12 years in the NBA, that says something.
As both teams stood in the middle of the field looking around and looking for someone to fix the situation, Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant got a laugh from the dilemma.
Eventually, the referees ruled that the Grizzlies, as guests in OKC, should go back to the locker room and change their kits.
“Just when you thought you saw it all,” said Pete Pranica, Knight’s television partner.
OKC came out wearing white jerseys.
Memphis came out wearing white shirts.
… Only one team can wear white jerseys. (???? @GrizzOnBally) pic.twitter.com/FoBXqH6NIj
— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) 14 marzo 2022
In recent years, the NBA has experimented with a variety of uniforms for each team. Up until the 2017-18 season, the league required away team to wear dark jerseys and the home team to wear light-colored jerseys.
From that season, however, the home team can decide to wear white or colored jerseys. The visiting team must therefore wear a shirt of sufficient contrast, white or other color, that the players (and spectators) can distinguish them. And the teams today have more colors than ever.
A club like the Los Angeles Lakers now has a color palette that includes not only yellow for home games and purple for away games, but also a white jersey in honor of the team’s legendary broadcaster Chick Hearn and various throwback iterations of team equipment, including dark and light blue uniforms. Confused yet?
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