The court designs for the 2026 NBA Finals have been released
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Okay but you also have to imagine them with 3 digital ads poorly placed on the courts too
“Oh my God! He hit that shot from The Mandalorian and Grogu!!”
Hopefully that movie flopped enough in the second week that all we’ll see is Toy Story 5 promo
You’ll get Odyssey ad and you’ll like it
This comment is how I found out there was even a Toy Story 4 lmao my rock is working.
“What a shot from the Google Gemini logo!”
At least is a movie ad and not yet another betting ad or AI-software ad.
Honestly, I could put up with that if they didn’t SHRINK THE FUCKING TEAM NAMES TO PUT AN MICHELOB ULTRA AD ON THE BASELINE.
It still pisses me off so much. Completely ruins the aesthetic of the court. I hate how greedy Silver is. Stern would’ve NEVER allowed that.
Stern would have absolutely allowed that lol. Stern only cared about the league making money
Stern opposed on court and jersey ads his entire tenure. He easily could’ve implemented both for a quick buck, but preferred a clean aesthetic.
Adam Silver took over and immediately implemented both.
And yes, Stern did a lot of other things I didn’t like, but he held a firm position on that matter.
That’s more a product of the times than some indicator of his preferred esthetic. His stance was actually not firm at all and he saw the writing on the wall by 2012
> The commissioner told A. Sherrod Blakely of csnne.com that advertising on NBA jerseys is “something that’s being discussed by the NBA Governors. “This is the one forum that understands that advertising on team jerseys has gone on for decades.”
> Stern is not a fan of the ads but he knows that millions of dollars in increased revenue is always worth talking about.
> “Of all the leagues in the world, the NBA is the only one that has its own logo on it,” Stern said. “No information of the manufacturer and no sponsor, and that is something that I have worked hard to preserve for many decades. But I understand that the time may have to come to consider it. So we’re going to let the Board of Governors decide what to do.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/10/09/david-stern-jersey-advertising-nba-board-of-governors/1622035/
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You’re martyring David stern for no reason. I would find it hard to believe you even watched the NBA while he was commissioner, people hated him
people hated him
Not nearly as much as they hate Silver now. And deservedly so.
The internet wasn’t around like it is now so people didn’t make Reddit posts jerking off their hate boners for him every day. Watch the drafts when he was commissioner, the entire crowd would boo every time he walked out.
Saying it didn’t happen in David sterns tenure and then acting like he was a basketball purist that was above it because he had so much respect for the art of the sport is different. The commercialization of the league we have now was set up by him, there were plenty of ads on or near the court during broadcasts and it’s progressed. Nothing he said or did would suggest that he would stop this.
First you don’t seem to understand how the commissioner role works. Silver didn’t implement them as much as the owners decided to do it.
Stern also didn’t fully oppose it by the end of his tenure because the money being offered was big enough then. The value of advertising had grown so much by the jed of his tenure.
Its disrespectful for them to not consider how this will affect the ads. What about the shareholders?
Somebody slap a massive black triangle that just says OZEMPIC on these bad boys.
what if i told you international fans don’t see those
I’d probably say something like “okay”
I’d cry and piss and maybe even shit a lil
i feel like i’m being pranked i can’t believe this is real
You just got punkd! There’s a camera over there and there
In retrospect a criminally underrated aspect of the show
Everything’s fine…
when prince said we’re going to party like it’s 1999 he was talking about our fan bases bb
It’s been so long since we last won the Larry O’ Brien trophy didn’t even exist yet
Didn’t exist until 77
I truly can’t believe we are this close
now espn needs to ditch the royalty free rap music and bring back their old theme
Royalty free got me dying bc they really do sound like that. Like atleast get an 808 mafia or metro beat, they always use some generic 2011 starter trap beat
Dude I’m not gonna lie I’m pretty sure most of the stuff espn plays is like instrumentals from popular rap songs today, not generic shit
“Thank you for watching the NBA on ABC, the exclusive home of the NBA finals”
I genuinely dont get this move.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2w1zX2HF9g
Just look at how epic this cut to commercial is from 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il-YNB-IRTM
If they brought this back in the finals and the knicks had a great run with it I might tear up
That’s the best NBA theme in history. It’s way better than the NBC and TNT theme tbh. Nothing felt more epic than that theme when they’d cut to a replay before commercial cut. Spurs vs Heat, GSW vs Cavs etc..
Better than the NBC theme?? That’s a hot take man…
Roundball Rock is timeless, but the ESPN theme was epic because they’d only bust it out for the playoffs. It carried actual gravitas and weight to it, while Roundball plays year round
IMO, roundball rock has personality, but that espn theme sounds like generic outro music.
Feels so much more epic than the current one
God the aura that this theme has
It’s beautiful
The Spurs court with the many colors (like they had in game 3 vs the Thunder in the WCF) with the Finals logo on it will be beautiful in one of the games.
They can’t change up the court for conference finals or finals. Only in earlier rounds. Game 3 didn’t have the fiesta themed court or jerseys, only the fans had the theme
Sucks cuz I liked the fiesta theme
The first two rounds with all these court gimmicks, including Nike themes? Fine.
But once it’s the East/West Finals, teams gotta use their primary courts with whites as the home unis and colors on the road. No stupid color v. color matchup if you’re playing for the conference and then for the league title.
End Boomer rant. 😤
The Cavs bent the rules a little by wearing their throwbacks in Games 3 and 4 of the ECF. I wonder if the NBA would’ve allowed them to do it in the finals.
They should have had the fiesta theme for the WCF championship shirts and hats. Who in the world thought mono-chrome grey and said Yes, that’s what we want!
I like it, but I can’t be the only one who prefers the old Larry O’Brien trophy
Nah I feel you. Like it looks awesome, but because it’s the new trophy design the nostalgia just isn’t there. Regardless I’m glad they finally brought this back
it’s 1000x better. the square base just made it look so much cleaner. the circular base just sucks
when the msg picture is posted after the paint job I might cry
I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think these are shit ugly.
You think ads on the court are beautiful?
That shit says New York Knicks on top of a Larry O’Brien trophy.
THEY BROUGHT THE TROPHY BACK?
That was announced last summer
hell yeah dont know how i missed it
Silver trying to take credit for doing something they’ve already done in the past
How is he taking credit?
Pulling a Madden game move 🤣
Fans really bullied the NBA into bringing back at least a smidge of the aura The Finals had in the 90s and 2000s. As annoying online hate and complaining is, it definitely works lmao
Wish it still said “The” finals, but it’s better than nothing
Not sure why they watered down the yellow of the trophy. Looks like clip art compared to before. I guess I shouldn’t complain cause it took a lot to even get the trophy on the court with Adam Silver in charge.
Have you not seen the new trophy?
All this blood, sweat, and tears….for an Etsy championship trophy.
It looks a lot better in person tbh. That image makes it look a lot less gold than it is in person
Yeah the design pics they put out when they first did the redesigns were really sterile. Still the same glistening trophy everybody knows and loves in person.
Nah, I hate the chance they did with the lines of the ball and net a few years back. Looks way jankier.
Ah ok that makes sense. I was too quick to judge lol
Not sure what you mean. They basically just slimmed it up, made the net stick out more, and added the previous champions onto the design like a Stanley Cup.
No wtf that’s absolutely fucked… what the actual fuck did they do
All of the trophies got renamed and redesigned years ago to honor previous legends of the game. That’s where we got new awards like Clutch Player of the Year, Eastern and Western Conference Finals MVP, and the new Maurice Podoloff Trophy (now for best record in the league, previously that was the name of the MVP award before they named it after Jordan).
Happy for NYK fans, imagine seeing that court with that logo on it after so many years. Now time to bring home that trophy!
Only time I’ve seen this was in 2k.
Everything rn still feels like one long acid trip lmaoo
I personally would love your team to win brother, just to see how much chaos will be there in NY lol
Much appreciated, fellow coastal city bro!
NYC is a small price to pay for the ‘chip. City mandated riots everywhere.
I’m sure we can rebuild…I think lol
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Got too many memories of Duncan and co beating my team so it’s hard to root for your team lol
Man if the Knicks actually make it that far and win it all at MSG with that court design… the Garden is gonna be absolutely unhinged. I’m not ready for that level of chaos.
The one with Wemby over the Knicks logo will go triple platinum.
Spurs should move the games to the Alamodome
That would be epic.
I’m surprised they didn’t discuss it with the NBA or make some kind of contingency plan to move the games there. If they could host the Final Four there why not the Finals.
They have hosted Finals there.
Yeah that’s why I thought they should move this years games there. Imagine 39,000 fans and the increased ticket sales / venue and intimidation factor.
Maybe I could afford a damn ticket lmao
Love the trophy bring back on the court but I just know the NBA is going to fit an ad in every single other spot on the court.
They should make the rim and nets golden for the finals too.
And a solid gold ball
Actually going to feel like we’re watching the finals instead of a random regular season game as far as the court asthetics. Now we have to see how ESPN does with their broadcast
No Doris Burke or Reggie Miller would be awesome
Should be neither. Reggie isn’t even on ESPN and Doris isn’t in the A team anymore
When it’s Doris sometimes I’ll sync the game with a different stream on SiriusXM.
Im whelmed
can’t believe it took them this long. this is the same league thats come out with a hundred different courts and jerseys but couldn’t put a simple big trophy on their courts until now.
the whole “players can slip on it” excuse was clearly a lie when teams have had their entire floors covered in colorful paint. finally time they took some money out their pockets to paint on a trophy to these courts
Fuck yeah
Bring back the damn orange key!
Kinda funny seeing frost bank vs. chase bank.
Will the Spurs be able to rock their alternate court in the Finals?
Nope. For the Finals the league is restricting the two teams to their main courts and the home and away uniforms only. No City Edition, Classic or Statement.
This is really happening 🥹
groundbreaking stuff wow
Looks like they spent 3 minutes on this because all that matters is real estate for 5 ads in every shot.
Is it a sticker? I’m also okay with nba finals and a smaller trophy being done like say the 1998 nba finals logo
My brain still can’t process “Knicks” and “Finals”.
Do the team logos look smaller?
Wow, it’s awful
Little things like this is making it hit home hard for me that we’re in the gd Finals!
Here’s to avenging ‘99!
Here’s to getting redemption for the ‘asterisk’ season!
I hate the eye sore of the trophy being in the center, ngl
Why aren’t there more flames in the design?
The logo on top of the trophy seems so lazy lol but I guess it is what it is. They could have placed Knicks logo better though
Is that not always what it was?
Ok I see. I’m just stupid basically
big trophy and cursive finals? thats all i ask
Why are the trophies wo desaturated though? Modern NBA has beef with the color GOLD or something?
That’s what the redesigned Larry O’Brien looks like since the 75th anniversary.
Under the lights it’s shinier than that render, but that’s the general differences.
When most reddit comments about something aren’t overly negative you know you hit it out of the park.
tears in my eyes, man
It’s beautiful 😢
We are so fucking back
Why did they ever get rid of this?
Originally it was because they were using a decal that went over the court, and it was found to be a slipping hazard. Since making special courts would be more expensive, I assume that’s why they just gave up on the idea. Glad Adam Silver decided to stop cheaping out on the biggest event in the damn sport
Spurs one looks especially good. Monochrome with that gold in the middle is so clean.
Haven’t had the trophy on the courts since 2009
love it…
i expected a crop circle and Wemby will descend and say greetings new yorkers
The number is 12. 12 ads at any given time. Count em.
what do the dots on the sides of the paint mean
meh
I’m still mad they didn’t have the logos in the 2024 Finals
They should widen the court for next season so that there are no more short corner 3s and less stepping out of bound.
Wemby saved the nba
Ahh, Frost Bank vs Chase, the battle of the century.
Wish they would use the courts from the Cup games.
Pretty good I guess
Which one gets used for which games?