Justin Marraccino

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@WorldWideWob Retweeting to spread awareness

I see we have some new players in the NBA jersey arena. Its ethos, and our fight, has been centered around one key principle: home basketball teams wear white at every level of the game, in every league in the world. It is quite simply a basketball tradition, without it being a written requirement. What Nike has done has not only oversaturated the market with mostly unpopular designs, but uniforms that get left behind after just one season. The constant turnover has one goal: sell as many jerseys as possible, at any cost, even at the expense of the franchise’s brand equity. It is a statistical fact and focus group tested/proven that children like new jerseys, and their parents buy them. Non-white City Edition/Classic uniforms are often worn at home, it has a minimum appearance mandate because of the NBA’s partnership with Nike, forcing the away opponent to have to wear their home whites when they’re chosen. Every NBA game that’s played where the home team is not wearing white is a papercut to the sport’s tradition. Not the NBA’s, but basketball’s. It won’t be a tradition that’s destroyed overnight, but as children grow up and it becomes more-and-more accepted because it was never something they cared about or understood, the home whites will eventually be perceived to be just another option. You will rarely, if ever, see an NHL home team in their away white sweaters. Even though it’s the opposite of basketball, NHL/hockey have always maintained the tradition of the home team’s fashion look. I like to think they do this because it is something their paying customers appreciate and continue to support with their wallets. What the NBA doesn’t understand is the sales spreadsheet may suggest that this new jersey strategy is working because so many people are buying them, but what they are sacrificing to achieve these short-term results is the legacy of the sport that made them so cool in the first place. This business strategy, undoubtedly, will lead to apathetic fashion, market dilution, and diminishing returns with no ability to revert back — because that culture, both literally and figuratively, will be dead.

@_the6thman Bodied him

The year is 2012… The Knicks are down 3-0 vs the NBA Finals Champions, Miami Heat: Featuring the Big 3 of LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh…. Game 1 100-67 Game 2 94-84 Game 3 87-70 That’s a -60 Deficit! We knew we were going to lose! Knicks fans SHOWED UP IN GAME 4. That’s the difference! Where do Sixers fans get off crying about the owner, gm, roster, and coach when just 2 days ago it was “Sixers in 6” Face it: once the excuses ran out and you were forced to look this shit product in the face? You became what you always were: A FAIR WEATHER FAN BASE! Truth Hurts.

See you in the Eastern Conference Finals, again

@sny_knicks @LetsTalkKnicks_ Leader

Jalen Brunson talks about his unwavering belief in the Knicks throughout the season: "I see these guys every single day. You guys only see the finished product. You guys see what's on the court. You guys see when the cameras are on, when there's media access. You guys don't see the ups and downs of us in the locker room talking things out. You guys don't see us in practice trying to figure things out. We all want to win. Obviously, there's ups and downs of it. We have times where we look disconnected and we look connected. That's basketball. That's sports. That's life. There's going to be ups and downs. It's all about how you move on and how you move in a positive direction, regardless of when things are negative or positive."

@BGNHoops Why do the defenders consistently let him catch the ball in the post without putting up a fight?

Shaq in the 2000 Finals: 38.0 PPG 16.7 RPG He was unfair.

LEBRON JAMES TIES THE GAME AT 101 🤯 13.1 SECONDS TO GO ON PRIME.

recency bias but I legit through the stadium was going to collapse that's how loud it was

@F0ODHub Jalapeño poppers

Fries aren’t available, what are you having with this burger?

Easter Sunday. 14 Years Ago. #NewYorkForever

@stoolpresidente @ForePlayPod @KingJames Ahhhhh how the turn tablesssssss

Fuck me. Am I gonna end up liking @KingJames #internetinvitational

@AriGeauxld @Fullcourtpass @JCowleyHoops Why are you making stuff up

@Fullcourtpass @JCowleyHoops But if he would’ve identified as a cat and worn a collar to work they’d have called him “strong and brave” lol the NBA is unserious af

Internal issues leading to Jaden Ivey’s exit from the Bulls, per @JCowleyHoops - Destroyed the locker room “sanctuary” - Constant preaching made players uncomfortable - Religious rhetoric “pressed” upon teammates daily - Told players who was “righteous and unrighteous” Bulls reportedly viewed the behavior as “weirdness” in the workplace (h/t @TheNBABase)

Lakers in 5

@SeanSheehanBA What on earth is an “Irish hurler”?

@jmcherrybomb Aaron Gillane

This might be the most insane video ever posted on the Internet.

@SeanSheehanBA Who’s your favorite athlete of all time?

@jmcherrybomb No. It's not. It's insane.

@GuntherEagleman Is no one else concerned about where that helmet landed?

🚨 JACK HUGHES. THE MOMENT THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER. “This one’s etched in history forever”

@TheHoopHerald Was he really 14 in these?

Jalen Duren at 14 years old This is when a lot of kids decide soccer might be their sport

@SamQuinnCBS Well said. Sacred.

I think Jalen Brunson has reached a level of popularity in New York where Knicks fans would genuinely rather lose with him than win without him. In basketball terms, yes, Giannis+KAT+wings is a monster team. But I think he's sacred to that organization.

@WomensHoops_USA I watched these entire highlights and didn’t notice it was 3v3 until I read the comments

MARINA MABREY TONIGHT 🔥🔥 • 47 POINTS • 10/15 3PM • 18/28 FG • 21 MINUTES PLAYED