The NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies are paying tribute to the concrete courts that native basketball gamers name house with their new Metropolis Version Court docket.
The Grizzlies debuted the brand new court docket on the FedEx Discussion board on Thursday, February 8, once they hosted the Chicago Bulls. Dubbed “The City’s Park,” the court docket’s mottled gray floor “pulls inspiration from the concrete blacktops that Memphis hoopers and kids call home,” in response to the team’s website. “It embodies the basketball soul of our city, our joy for the game, and the grind at the heart of our franchise.”
A black and gold model of the Grizzlies’ bear head brand sits at middle court docket; this model of the brand can also be discovered on the shorts of their black 2024 City Edition uniforms. The court docket strains are white, and the staff’s stylized “MEM” sample runs alongside the sideline dealing with the tv cameras. “MEMPHIS” is spelled out in black letters with gold inlines alongside the left baseline, whereas “GRIZZLIES” seems in the identical font alongside the precise baseline.
Right here’s a take a look at the court docket in sport motion:
The Grizzlies will use the brand new court docket six extra occasions earlier than the top of the 2023-24 NBA common season:
- Friday, February 23 vs. Los Angeles Clippers
- Friday, March 8 vs. Atlanta Hawks
- Saturday, March 16 vs. Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder
- Wednesday, March 27 vs. Los Angeles Lakers
- Friday, April 12 vs. Los Angeles Lakers
- Sunday, April 14 vs. Denver Nuggets
