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Here we go again: Warriors, Magic, Rockets unveil new sleeved alternate jerseys for 2014-15 season (Ball Don’t Lie)
It's been two seasons since the NBA and apparel partner Adidas introduced short-sleeved jerseys into teams' uniform rotations, and it seems like the only thing expanding as quickly as the number of squads wearing the new duds has been the complaints about them, from writers , owners , fans and players. All the squawking — first from Stephen Curry , then from Dirk Nowitzki , and Robin Lopez , and Beno Udrih , and Jarrett Jack , and, on separate occasions , LeBron James. (I'm guessing his feelings carry a bit more weight with the decision-makers than Beno's did.) Amid all the criticism, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in March that the league would "revisit" the use of sleeved jerseys during the offseason, telling Bleacher Report's Howard Beck that "if the players don't like them, we'll move on to something else." That edict, combined with recent reports that the sleeved unis aren't moving units at retail sporting goods stores , seemed to provide cover for the scuttling of the effort, a brief flicker of light at the end of the arm-covered tunnel. This, however, isn't a Morrissey-and-Marr situation . Dark days have come again, in the form of three teams unveiling brand new...
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