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Several players across the league criticized the jerseys for the material, and tight fit. A few players said it inhibited their shooting ability.
NBA players and writers took to Twitter with complaints:
LeBron James was obviously not a fan:
LeBron said in pregame that the Heat's shooters "are already upset about" the Christmas jerseys.
- Joseph Goodman (@JoeGoodmanJr) December 21, 2013
LeBron seriously complaining about sleeved jerseys walking to locker room: "I can't shoot with these!"
- Brett Pollakoff (@BrettEP) December 26, 2013
Heat forward Shane Battier also complained about performance issues:
Battier said that when the shirts got wet, they got heavy. The NBA should end this experiment.
- Ethan J. Skolnick (@EthanJSkolnick) December 26, 2013
Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitski didn't play on Christmas put he didn't like the sight of the jerseys either:
Call me old school but these jerseys with sleeves are awful.....
- Dirk Nowitzki (@swish41) December 25, 2013
Blazers center Robin Lopez took measures even further:
Needs to be a mass burning of these sleeved nba jerseys. Also, no to the grey lakers logo. Looks like the real jerseys are in the wash...
- Robin Lopez (@eegabeeva88) December 26, 2013
Knicks guard Beno Udrih was seen tugging and trying to roll up the sleeves during their game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Udrih: "Personally [the short-sleeved jersey] bothered me & my shot. On a normal shot Im used 2 getting my shoulder & elbow up [unhindered]"
- Chris Herring (@HerringWSJ) December 26, 2013
Udrih misses a three-pointer badly and tries to roll up his sleeve here: