"The uniforms of award winners from the 2024-25 NBA season will look a little different for opening week. Players such as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (MVP), Evan Mobley (Defensive Player of the Year) and Stephon Castle (Rookie of the Year) will have their respective trophy icons sewn above the Nike swoosh on the front of their uniforms. Members of the All-NBA, All-Rookie and All-Defensive teams will also don a specific patch. However, individual awards have precedence over that one."
"The patch will be worn only for their season debut, with 35 different players set to wear one. The uniform will then be auctioned off by Sotheby's, the official game-worn source of the NBA, during the season. Each player will receive a uniform to keep. Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson (Coach of the Year) and Oklahoma City Thunder executive vice president and general manager Sam Presti (Executive of the Year) will wear lapels to acknowledge their accomplishments."
The NBA will place trophy-icon patches above the Nike swoosh on uniforms of 35 individual award winners for their season-opening games. Players such as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (MVP), Evan Mobley (Defensive Player of the Year) and Stephon Castle (Rookie of the Year) will wear the patches, while All-NBA, All-Rookie and All-Defensive selections receive specific patches unless superseded by an individual award. Each patched game-worn uniform will be auctioned by Sotheby’s during the season, and every honored player will receive a jersey to keep. Coach and executive awardees will wear commemorative lapels. The patch program aims to spotlight trophy icons unveiled in December 2022.
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