Last night the Miami Heat fans wore all white, what is the purpose, if any?
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Just a promotional thing.  They have done it before.  The Kings do similar promotions.  When I was at Game 3 between the Spurs, they gave everyone glow sticks for the introductions.  They try to think up ways to get the entire arena at a uniformity which looks cool to the National viewing audience. What looked cool was when I was watching ESPN the other day before the Heat game, arena workers were laying all those white shirts over every single seat.  What's funny is the few people who are rooting for the other team, or are maybe too fat to where the shirts, how they stand out like a sore thumb while the other 20 thousand people are wearing the same thing!
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Yeah, the Heat are doing really well, and I believe they are going to win the title.  The Mavericks and Suns look too ambivalent, on one night off the next.  Neither one seems to have the competitive caliber to knock off the Heat.  \n\nI have been impressed with the Heats' lineup: Shaq and Wade your stars, but also Payton, Walker (who is an extremely valuable, all-around player), Mourning, etc.  \n\nAs far as I am concerned, who really cares who wins the West.  Good basketball but nothing above and beyond.
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Blue and yellow? Give me a break yo. How can anyone not barf over those colors. Personally I like the Heat's red uniform (not a heat fan, but still cool). \nI also think the Clippers need new unis. They are UGLY! I am finally getting used to Torontos red unis, but the purple ones need to go. Bad. \nThe Pacers with the pinstripes that reggie used to wear were pretty kewl.\nAnd even though this is way off topic, the Chargers and the Redskins need new uniforms too. They are so ugly, I don't think you could pay me enough to wear one. Uhhhhh!
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Those are the colors in the old Miami heat throwback jersey's they wear.
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Ummm...Detroit is not going to win the series. \n\nThey wear white because the team has asked them to. There is a push for Miami to be the "White Hot Heat" this year so it is a way for the fans to get involved in supporting their team. Kind of cool, I think....
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LeBron James said "I'm wearing them to keep warm so when I go to the bench, it [his sore left knee] doesn't stiffen up." \n\nCheck out the ESPN article.
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It's called a sleeve.  Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson and Lebron James and some other players wear them too.  They are used to keep muscles warm to prevent injury.  Lately though, ever since Kobe started to wear them, a lot of players wear them and it is now considered more fashion than a safety precaution and they will probaly be banned from the league next season.
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Players usually exchange jerseys at the end of the games as a token of friendship and respect. They keep the jerseys as souvenirs and memoirs. It's a really nice respectful tradition, I alwasy enjoy watching this part after the game is over!
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Its a promotion by the Miami Heat for all fans who go there, I think its called "white hot" playoffs or something. Its to represent the home team jersey colors as a sign of support.
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boo hoo refs everything does not go our way.  shut up and play basketball thats how they win not by crying around like you\n\nAll that said, it was a rather surreal meltdown. The Mavs owner, Mark Cuban, appeared to lose his mind in an obscenity-soaked diatribe spewed at anyone near him. And Dallas' seven-foot star Dirk Nowitzki turned into the world's largest 4-year-old, knocking things over in a rage on the way to the locker room and kicking a basketball into the stands that struck a woozy 63-year-old in the head. It was enough to make Nowitzki's musical companion, greasy David Hasselhoff, a man who has been photographed nude while covered in puppies, profoundly ashamed.\n\nThis is an article from the Miami press why would you go for a team who assaults 63 year women.  He at least needs to say hes sorry.  Hes lucky it was not one of my family members that would be the end of his NBA carrer.
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Miami is my team. I know we'll surely defeat the Bulls, but I am worried about our current form. Yesterday's game appears to be the best so far. I thought we would breeze past the bulls. Guess age is a factor. I hope to see more improvements in other games. Hopefully we would lift the trophy. GO HEAT!!!!!! (By the way I live in Chicago).
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That's because the home team always wears white jerseys and the crowd wants to match them. The only exception is the Lakers. The home crowd wears yellow at their games.
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nothing to explain, just players swapping shirts after a game
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it isn't done just in nba...almost all the basketball teams in the world do this.\ni think it's because of the law. it says that the home team should wear LIGHT shirt and the away team, DARK. of course dark doesn't mean black; colors like: green, red, blue and so on...except for yellow & others that look light.
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it was instituted on october 17 2005 here is some info on it.\n\nNEW YORK -- NBA commissioner David Stern spoke out for the first time on the specifics of the league's new off-the-court dress code on Tuesday.\n\n\n\nOTL: DRESS BLUES \nThe NBA has instituted a new dress code for all its players. What is Commissioner David Stern trying to accomplish? Is he stepping on players rights to choose how they want to dress? Is Stern sending a message about the image of the league and its players? Bob Ley explores the issues on Outside the Lines (tonight, ESPN, 12:40 a.m. ET/9:40 p.m. PT).\n \n\nDespite objections from players like Allen Iverson, who said he will fight to wear clothes in which he is most comfortable, Stern said he was "certain that it will be complied with." \n\n\n\nAlthough Stern wouldn't say exactly how he would enforce the new regulations -- which, among other things, require injured players seated on the bench to wear a sports jacket and outlaw chains, pendants or medallions over the player's clothes while on team or league business -- he did say that the league "will use a broad range of authority" to enforce compliance.\n\n\n\nNBA Dress Code \nIn a memo issued Monday, the NBA set forth a "minimum" dress code starting with the 2005-2006 season. The following highlights are excerpted from the memo: \n1. General Policy: Business Casual \nPlayers are required to wear Business Casual attire whenever they are engaged in team or league business. "Business Casual" attire means:\n•  A long or short-sleeved dress shirt (collared or turtleneck), and/or a sweater.\n•  Dress slacks, khaki pants, or dress jeans. \n•  Appropriate shoes and socks, including dress shoes, dress boots, or other presentable shoes, but not including sneakers, sandals, flip-flops, or work boots.\n\n\n2. Exceptions to Business Casual\nThere are the following exceptions to the general policy of Business Casual attire:\na. Players In Attendance At Games But Not In Uniform\nPlayers who are in attendance at games but not in uniform are required to wear the following additional items when seated on the bench or in the stands during the game:\n•  Sport Coat.\n•  Dress shoes or boots, and socks.\n\n\n3. Excluded Items \nThe following is a list of items that players are not allowed to wear while on team or league business:\n•  Sleeveless shirts.\n•  Shorts.\n•  T-shirts, jerseys, or sports apparel (unless appropriate for the event (e.g., a basketball clinic), team-identified, and approved by the team).\n• Headgear of any kind while a player is sitting on the bench or in the stands at a game, during media interviews, or during a team or league event or appearance (unless appropriate for the event or appearance, team-identified, and approved by the team).\n• Chains, pendants, or medallions worn over the player's clothes.\n• Sunglasses while indoors.\n• Headphones (other than on the team bus or plane, or in the team locker room).\n\n \n\n"If they are really going to have a problem, they will have to make a decision about how they want to spend their adult life in terms of playing in the NBA or not," Stern said.\n\n\n\nStern said he believed that much of the recent criticism over the league-imposed rules had to do with the fact that the players didn't know the specifics, which were released in a memo to the teams on Monday.\n\n\n\nCalling the rules "quite liberal and easygoing," Stern even joked that the dress code is something that "even [Dallas Mavericks owner] Mark Cuban can comply with." But Cuban, who often wears T-shirts and jeans to games, told ESPN.com that there was "no chance, no way" that he would comply with the league's off-the-court dress code for its players. Sleeveless shirts are not allowed under the policy.\n\n\n\nIverson, whose 'do rag will now be banned, recently told the Philadelphia Daily News that "just becau
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I wear tighty whiteys.....what's your point?
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Its just a thing the heat did. Il ive in miami so white hot heat thing was every where.  On the website in the stores and plus if your  a heat fan you know about sun shine.  its a   channel that covers all the heat games and a pre and after game show and they were always talking about white hot heat.  The fans just knew they had to wear white and you could buy them at the arena or anywhere you went.. it was a way to support the heat and let them know how much their fans love them and stuff like that... Its the heat and were WHITE HOT BABY!!! go HEAT!!