St. Patrick’s Day has become a reminder of what we’ve lost as Celtics fans

Generally, you simply don’t know what you’ve bought till it’s gone. Possibly it’s an previous relationship, a worn-out pair of sneakers that aren’t in manufacturing anymore, or maybe you simply completed binging a TV present and don’t know what to do with your self.

Annually on St. Patrick’s Day we’re reminded of what we’ve misplaced as Boston Celtics followers.

The previous Celtics St. Patrick’s Day uniforms have been particular.

The standard inexperienced base with gold lettering/numbers and white trim was the right alternate uniform. Boston would break these out every season for the week or so earlier than St. Patrick’s Day in March.

It was a time when alternate uniforms truly felt like alternates. They wouldn’t encroach on the normal dwelling and away jerseys. You’d see them for just a few video games after which they’d return within the storage bin for a yr.

These days, groups, together with the Celtics, would possibly as nicely be spinning a wheel every night time to find out what they’ll put on.

Inexperienced at dwelling, white on the street, what occurred to the sport I beloved, man?

Residence and away means nothing. The uniforms aren’t even referred to as that anymore. It’s “icon” or “affiliation” now.

Plus, every year, we’re all handled to Nike’s Frankenstein creation, the “Metropolis Version” uniforms, that are solely in use for one marketing campaign. This season, Boston has been carrying their “Motion Inexperienced” metropolis jerseys once in a while.

They’re horrible, they’ve at all times been horrible and can stay horrible.

As I’ve complained about many instances, the Metropolis Editions are a cash play by Nike, who has been accountable for the NBA’s uniforms because the starting of the 2017-18 season. With the design altering every year, followers have to purchase new merchandise every year to maintain up with the instances.

To be trustworthy, if Nike was promoting a St. Patrick’s Day version uniform for the Cs, I’d purchase all the corresponding shirts/hoodies.

They’d in all probability look sick.

Sadly, it appears as if Nike truly hates these jerseys. In line with basketballjerseyarchive.com, the St. Patty’s unis have been final worn in 2017 — the season earlier than they took over because the uniform accomplice.

Even when they’re lifeless set on avoiding the re-use of this design, there are just too many creators/designers on the market to have dangerous uniforms.

Have a look at this:

These are totally different than the unique, however they nonetheless rock.

There’s additionally the truth that the Celtics have a number of the greatest uniforms in sports activities. Once you look nearly as good as they do, there’s by no means a must reinvent the wheel.