By now you may have heard of the latest NBA jersey foul which took place last night. The unfortunate victim was Wilson Chandler, who recently joined the Denver Nuggets as part of the Carmelo Anthony deal. The last name on the back of his jersey had the "l" and "d" backwards, resulting in "Chanlder". This must have been fixed at halftime, as the Denver Post reported that his jersey had the correct spelling in the third quarter, and coincidentally shot 5-for-6 with four 3-pointers in the quarter.
Something still doesn't add up, though. Wilson Chandler was traded to the Nuggets on February 22nd. Since then, the Nuggets have played 9 games, and Monday night's game against the New Orleans Hornets was their 5th road game since the trade. I think it's safe to assume that they spelled his name right on the road jerseys that they wore for the previous 4 road games.
In that case, I would certainly be curious how the Denver Nuggets equipment manager, Sparky Gonzales, would explain this, as presumably this would fall under his responsibility. How did they manage to misspell the name on Wilson Chandler's jersey last night? Were these different jerseys than the prior road games? Do they have to re-apply the letters on the jerseys before each game? Are they only wearing their jerseys once now before throwing them away? This seems very strange to me. Let's hope Spakry, oops, Sparky has learned from this (and give him credit for fixing it before the game ended).
Wilson "Chanlder" becomes NBA's latest jersey foul victim [The Dagger]
Something still doesn't add up, though. Wilson Chandler was traded to the Nuggets on February 22nd. Since then, the Nuggets have played 9 games, and Monday night's game against the New Orleans Hornets was their 5th road game since the trade. I think it's safe to assume that they spelled his name right on the road jerseys that they wore for the previous 4 road games.
In that case, I would certainly be curious how the Denver Nuggets equipment manager, Sparky Gonzales, would explain this, as presumably this would fall under his responsibility. How did they manage to misspell the name on Wilson Chandler's jersey last night? Were these different jerseys than the prior road games? Do they have to re-apply the letters on the jerseys before each game? Are they only wearing their jerseys once now before throwing them away? This seems very strange to me. Let's hope Spakry, oops, Sparky has learned from this (and give him credit for fixing it before the game ended).
Wilson "Chanlder" becomes NBA's latest jersey foul victim [The Dagger]
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