NBA jerseys you want to wear

In honor of the Christmas season, I've put together a list of cool sports jerseys you want to rock this year. I'm narrowing it down to NBA jerseys today because to be honest, I'm not into baseball jerseys or hockey jerseys. Love the sports, really, I do, but I'd rather wear the navy blue sox t-shirt for $20 any day over the baseball button down jerseys. Not sure I'd wear anything hockey to be honest. That being said, I love NBA jerseys. Yuuup, nothing like a 5'5.5 (5-5-5 deal ladies?) white kid rocking NBA jerseys. This post is strictly NBA jerseys of current players. I'll do the first 15 NBA teams today and the last 15 tomorrow. I'll get to the NFL jerseys at a later date.

In alphabetical order, let's get to it. Oh, and do yourself a favor and don't buy the cheap looking ones. Doesn't have to be authentic to look good, but don't go with the wicked cheap ones, you know which ones I'm talking about. Also, jerseys are to be worn with nice jeans and sneakers. Don't wear jerseys with dress pants, and never, ever, tuck it in. It's not like you're getting called out to play.

1. Atlanta- Man, as much as I hate the Hawks, you have to show respect to JJ. This Joe Johnson HWC Throwback Swingman jersey is the nice stuff.

2. Boston- Nothing says "I'm a Celtics fan" like a fresh white Paul Pierce jersey. The Champions Jersey is cool too, but I'm more of a traditional guy.

3. Charlotte- If you know anything about the NBA or jerseys, you won't buy a Bobcats jersey. Moving on.

4. Chicago- It's gotta be the rookie Derek Rose this time. He will be on the team for a while, so that's not an issue. This white Swingman jersey looks sharp. Also, if black is your thing go that way. Red is weak. By the way, Celts spanked the Bulls tonight.

5. Cleveland- Lebron isn't a cool jersey. There really aren't a lot of cool players on the Cavs. That explains why they can't win the championship with the best player in the league on their team. If I had to take one it would be Daniel Gibson, not worth a link though. If you're going Lebron, go with this one.

6. Dallas- Northeastern's own Jose Barea would be a solid hometown choice here. Go with the Dallas Swingman jersey. I couldn't find a link with his name, but the jersey looks like this. Also, the away ones are solid too.

7. Denver- Ah, yes. Denver. One of my personal favorites for jerseys. I rock the Earl Boykins jersey still, but if I was to buy a new one it would be different from the normal colors. Something like this, this, or this.

8. Detroit- I've always hated the Pistons as a whole, but I will admit that Rip Hamilton is in the top five of my favorite players. He's always moving out there and attacking. He's one of the best off-the-ball players in the league. I think he patterns his game after me to be honest. I'm going to cheat and use his college jersey here, because I'd never wear a Pistons jersey and you shouldn't either.

9. Golden State- You know, from one Italian to another, I think I'm going to go with the Marco Belinelli here. There aren't a whole lot of cool players on the Warriors so I'll gamble with Belinelli here and hope it pays off. Couldn't find an actual jersey of him, so how about a picture of Chris Mullin?

10. Houston- For the smaller guys I'd go with Aaron Brooks. For the bigger guys I might go with Carl Landry. For Asians, well I think it's pretty obvious. Brooks is lethal from beyond the arc and Landry is a hustler out there, Powe-esque. Now there aren't a lot of jersey options out there for players like Brooks and Landry. If I wanted a cooler looking jersey, I'd go with a T-Mac throwback. That being said I'd never buy a T-Mac. I'd consider this one though.

11. Indiana- Granger or T.J. Ford. Both real cool players. I'd probably go T.J. Ford but I respect anyone rocking the Granger jersey. Also, Marquis Daniels is a real sneaky cool option.

12. L.A. Clippers- I'd probably take Al Thornton over Eric Gordon here. If you're a diehard fan, my apologies, but pay for the alternate jersey.

13. L.A. Lakers- Let it be known that I would NEVER wear a Lakers Jersey. If there was a gun pointed to my families head, or worse, my head, I'd put on a Trevor Ariza jersey. Your typical unheralded, under the radar, semi-cool player. Again, I'd never voluntarily wear this. If your a Lakers fan and I see you wearing this, I hate you, but not as much as if you were wearing Kobe, Odom, Vujacic, etc. No link.

14. Memphis- Rudy Gay would be the guy I'd wear if I'm a Griz fan. He's will be an All-Star in this league numerous times and will be in the league for a while (not sure how long on Grizzlies though). I try to stay away from great players on bad teams, because 90% of the time they don't stick around. Anyways, the Griz jerseys aren't as terrible as the Griz actually are.

15. Miami- Part of me wants to go D. Wade here but that's too popular to be deemed cool. I could go Beasley but I'm not a big fan of him personality wise, same with Marion. I'd probably get a Blount jersey, wipe my ass with it, then mail it to Blounts house.

So those are the first 15 teams. If you're a fan of any of those teams, those players are acceptable jerseys to buy. Like the players? Hate the players? Own any of these jerseys? Post a comment.

--JT--