Troy Murphy

Ranking the Nike “Statement” jerseys for every NBA team

Nike is the new uniform sponsor of the NBA, and this week they released the new “Statement” jerseys for every NBA team. Marketing gibberish aside, what that really means is this is the third alternate for most teams. Yes, it’s time to rank the best Statement jerseys for every NBA team.

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  NikeConnect lets NBA fans unlock exclusive content from their team jersey

  Digital Trends
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  Tap Into The Game With New Nike Connected NBA Jersey

  Tech News Tube

Check out Mavericks' new alternate uniforms

ESPN.com Set to take over as the NBA's official apparel provider this season, Nike revealed every team's new alternate uniform designs on Friday. Here's what the Mavericks' gear looks like: The team has not yet announced when, or how often, it will wear the new alternate uniforms.

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  Ranking the Nike “Statement” jerseys for every NBA team

  NBC Sports
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  Report: Nearly half of NBA teams lost money last season; expansion discussed

  TheScore.com

We just got another glimpse of Dirk Nowitzki as a dad 

Dirk Nowitzki hosted his second Pro Celebrity Tennis Classic at SMU on Sept. 16. Fans saw big names like Andy Roddick and J.J. Barea, but they also got to see a side of Dirk they don't see in public often: Dirk the dad.  Nowitzki keeps his family life private. But his wife Jessica Olsson and kids, Malaika, Max and Morris, made a rare appearance at the event.  'Nowitzki and his wife Jessica weren't prepared, though, for the emotions that hit them on that late July 2013 day when they buckled newborn daughter Malaika into her car seat and drove away from the hospital, as a family, for the first time. "That was the realest thing, probably ever in my entire life," Nowitzki says. "That's when you know,