Every year now, as part of what was formerly called the In-Season Tournament and is now the NBA Cup, every NBA team plays a handful of games on courts that make us want to shield our eyes while watching
from home. Today, the Sixers unveiled their new court design for NBA Cup play.
Among all the base colors for these courts, blue is one of the more palatable options, so we should be thankful for small favors. The year with the heavy red design and the navy stripe down the middle was rough. Honestly, I like the NBA Cup trophy features and the circle of stars in the middle of the court. Couldn’t they just leave it at adding those sorts of elements and eschew the heavy color drench in the future? I would be on board with that, but maybe I’m just the old man yelling at the cloud.
Fittingly, we will first see this ‘dressed-up’ version of the court on Halloween. The Sixers’ two home games during the NBA Cup group stage fall on October 31 against Boston and November 25 against Orlando. I can hear Kate Scott now, “Maxey pulls up from trophy…swish!” As a reminder, Philadelphia’s two away games during the group stage are November 14 in Detroit and November 28 in Brooklyn.
The road to Las Vegas will be paved on boards of blue. How do you all feel about the NBA Cup court design? Are you feeling (the) blue? Let us know in the comments.
