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octothorp · 11-26-2020, 01:06 PM

Have I ever told you guys my NBA jersey idea?

So you're probably familiar with the idea of a 'Championship Belt' in sports. It's the idea that the team that last won the championship (the Lakers, currently), starts the season with an imaginary Championship Belt, and whoever defeats them first is the current holder of the belt, and then whoever beats that team hold it, etc. Totally non-official, just something that gets tracked on online fan communities.

I think the NBA should lean into that and link it to jerseys. Have each team design and manufacture a top-secret 'Belt Jersey', which they can only reveal, wear, and sell online during the time that they hold the Belt. And they're allowed to do pretty-much whatever they want with it, design-wise.

I think it would be a really fun addition to the regular season, even for people who don't normally care about jerseys. A random team wearing a weird jersey for three weeks straight because they picked up the belt and then went on a hot streak? That's way more memorable than the sort of routine hot streaks that most teams get at some point in the season, and it creates more league-wide interest which is something that the league suffers from a lack of during the regular season.

11-26-2020, 01:06 PM	#1242
octothorp Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: not lurking Exp:	Have I ever told you guys my NBA jersey idea? So you're probably familiar with the idea of a 'Championship Belt' in sports. It's the idea that the team that last won the championship (the Lakers, currently), starts the season with an imaginary Championship Belt, and whoever defeats them first is the current holder of the belt, and then whoever beats that team hold it, etc. Totally non-official, just something that gets tracked on online fan communities. I think the NBA should lean into that and link it to jerseys. Have each team design and manufacture a top-secret 'Belt Jersey', which they can only reveal, wear, and sell online during the time that they hold the Belt. And they're allowed to do pretty-much whatever they want with it, design-wise. I think it would be a really fun addition to the regular season, even for people who don't normally care about jerseys. A random team wearing a weird jersey for three weeks straight because they picked up the belt and then went on a hot streak? That's way more memorable than the sort of routine hot streaks that most teams get at some point in the season, and it creates more league-wide interest which is something that the league suffers from a lack of during the regular season.