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Take a look at this picture above. Anything about it seem weird to you? If you said, 'Coach K is sitting down' you're partly right. If you also said 'everyone's aligned by height except for Dwight Howard' you're also partly right.
But do you know why those two things are occurring in this photo? Here's a hint: Guess who's the one player on the USA Basketball team who isn't sponsored by Nike. Yep, Dwight Howard.
Darren Rovell of SportsBiz explains:
Coach K is sitting. When a team stands, a coach normally stands. Why is this significant? Because Coach K's left foot just happens to be blocking the adidas logo on Dwight Howard's left foot.So, in other words, it's a double block. Howard's blocking the Nike logo for Adidas, and Coach K is blocking the Adidas logo for Nike.
Every player is in height order, with the exception of Dwight Howard and Chris Bosh ... What does this allow for? It gives Howard an excuse to hold the ball and be the only player to not have his hand behind his back. This conveniently helps Howard cover the Nike logo on his shorts.
Nike claims that this was all pure coincidence, but you'd have to be a moron to believe that. This photo was clearly set up so both shoe companies blocked each other out.
Also let's keep in mind Nike spends hundreds of millions of dollars on these guys and they sponsor USA basketball, so there's no way they want another company's shoe appearing in a picture like this.
By the way, you may be wondering then why Dwyane Wade, who wears Converse, doesn't have his shoe covered. That's because Nike bought Converse for $305 million in 2003.
There's no hiding from this, Nike. You're clearly guilty here, you greedy pigs.
USA Basketball Team Photo: Artistic or Logo 'Conspiracy' [SportsBiz] via [Fanhouse]
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