I forgot how much I loved teal. Actually, no I didn’t, because the Hornets have been rocking teal for a few years now and they’ve proven that it’s STILL the raddest color out of the whole god-damn palette. But I did forget how much I loved the Grizzlies wearing teal. Bryant Reeves would puke if he saw the bland, blue jerseys that Memphis is wearing these days. He would just puke all over the place. And combine the teal with vaguely Native American-themed designs? You don’t even need a secondary color. Just teal and geometric shapes, with some brown-purple accents. And the sweet 3D logo popping out of the jersey looking like an ad for an amusement park ride. And the bear. Can’t forget the bear.
Nostalgia is a real thing that can make real people a lot of real money, so I don’t see why the Grizzlies don’t just take the throwbacks that they were wearing tonight and make them the permanent jerseys. No one is attached to their current look. The teams that wore it were fun, and will be remembered fondly, but never really won anything. The look overall is fine, I guess, but there’s not enough “zazz”. And the bear looks way too abstract. Can barely even tell it’s a bear.
But they can keep those MLK day alts that they have. Those are sick too.
I was hoping that the Grizzlies would win this game against the Lakers (who are probably going to win the championship, god damn it) while wearing these throwbacks so that they could have a “signature” win. The kind of win you look back on when the season is over and feel hope for the future. A rookie Ja Morant going toe to toe with LeBron James, putting up 26 and 6 and winning the game? While wearing nothing but teal? That’s what dreams are made of, people.