What happened to the NBA's Christmas jerseys?
NBA Christmas jerseys might be gone for good.
Video Transcript
Are NBA Christmas jerseys gone forever?
The NBA first started making custom Christmas Day jerseys in 2008, when they added this subtle Snowflake patch over the league logo.
They also tried to match red and green.
Colored teams.
But then in 2012, the league started making Full, unique Christmas Day jerseys, starting with these bold and bright-colored jerseys that Gives kind of a Christmas lights vibe.
Then we got a few years of coal in our stocking, starting with these much-maligned long-sleeved Jerseys from Christmas 2013, and then these 2014 first-name jerseys, Which look a bit like a PE class uniform.
But then, in 2015, Adidas gives us these beautiful jerseys based on vintage Christmas card fonts.
First in an off-white font, and then next year in team colors, But, unfortunately, these beautiful, elegant Christmas jerseys were also the last ones ever Produced.
In 2017, Nike took over league uniform rights.
From Adidas, and while they've made countless other themed jerseys, The fan-favorite Christmas jersey has not returned.
Nike makes a lot of great Christmas shoes, so why no jerseys?
Well, jersey expert Paul Lukas from Uni Watch speculates that this could be an issue with Scheduling.
The NBA doesn't release its Christmas Day Schedule until August, but retailers must place holiday merchandise orders much earlier.
So adidas would have to design Christmas uniforms for all 30 teams, and retailers would Then have to guess which team's Christmas jerseys to order, Sometimes ending up with a team that wasn't even playing on Christmas.
The whole thing was kind of a headache for both sides, so maybe that's why Nike has gone full Grinch on the Christmas jerseys.
