Adidas threw a party at the NBA Store on 52nd Street in Manhattan Wednesday, introducing its new lightweight (and presumably more comfortable) uniforms. They can make you jump higher...and have a "V" neck! A armored car delivered the jerseys to the store and two Nets--Brook Lopez and Jordan Farmar--were there to model them along with Wilson Chandler and Dwight Howard.
But that wasn't the big story. The big story was the height difference --in every photo and video-- between Brook Lopez, listed at 7'0", and Dwight Howard listed only an inch shorter. As Ben Q. Rock of Orlando Striped Post tweeted, "Hmmm". Lopez looks a couple of inches taller than the Magic center.
For the record, Lopez was measured at 7'0.5" at the Orlando Pre-Draft Camp in 2008...just after his 20th birthday. Howard was listed at 6' 10.25" in 2004 when he was 18...but claims to have grown.
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Adidas to unveil NBA uniforms with players' comfort in mind - Michael McCarthy - USA Today
- Uniform Talk (Video) - Rick Kamla - NBA.com
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2010-11 NBA Uniforms Improve Performance, Not Looks - Chris Sesno - FanHouse