It’s Jersey Week at SB Nation and we’re celebrating NBA jerseys from every angle possible. The best, the worst, and even the strange ones. Sure, it’s cool to have a black pinstripe Michael Jordan jersey. Or maybe a blue “PHILA” Allen Iverson jersey. Those are all great. But what about your Atlanta Hawks Mario West jersey? That’s what we’re here for. The strangest, most obscure jerseys hanging in your closet.
Our random basketball jerseys are more obscure than yours. Prove us wrong.
Whatcha got?


Seth Rosenthal
I own an Artsiom Parakhouski game-used Las Vegas Summer League jersey. Parakhouski is a 7-footer from Belarus who went undrafted out of Radford and is now playing in Russia. He played two NBA Summer Leagues with the Celtics and Knicks — neither showing NBA promise — for a total of nine games.
I am certain the only Artsiom Parakhouski jerseys in America are game-used, since he never even got a camp invite. Therefore, I feel it’s reasonable to assume there are somewhere between two (one per team) and nine (one per game) Artsiom Parakhouski NBA jerseys on Earth. A couple of years ago, my friend Bob Silverman spotted one of them on eBay and bought it for me as a gift, and now I own it, and thus a substantial percentage of the world’s Artsiom Parakhouski NBA jerseys belong to me.
I can’t wear it because it comes down to my ankles, but I keep it hung in my closet and cherish it every day.
Jason Kirk - I own an Atlanta Hawks Mario West No. 6, because Mario West is the greatest player I’ve ever seen, when it comes to scraping for a rebound, getting knocked over, sprinting back on defense, getting knocked over, crashing the paint, getting knocked over, and getting knocked over.
Jessica Smetana - I own a Chicago Bulls Toni Kukoc jersey. Sure, Kukoc might be a well-known guy and three-time NBA champion, but why anyone in their right mind would spend money on a Bulls jersey from that era that wasn’t a Rodman, Pippen, or Jordan, I don’t know. I stole it from a friend of mine in high school. Sure this isn’t as weird as Seth’s Artsiom Parakhouski game-used Las Vegas Summer League jersey, but I still consider it an oddity. When was the last time you saw someone wear a Toni Kukoc jersey? I rest my case.
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James Dator - I own a Charlotte Hornets Matt Geiger jersey. Why would anyone knowingly buy a Matt Geiger jersey? I actually have an answer. It isn’t a good answer, but it will have to do.
The first time I ever saw the Hornets play in person was in 1998, the day before my birthday. The Hornets were playing the Spurs at a time both teams were pretty dang good. I’ll admit I was mostly excited to see David Robinson and Tim Duncan play together, but Geiger (for whatever reason) decided this would be the game he was going to go off. He finished with 22 points and 13 boards in the loss, including a really sweet two-handed dunk over Duncan in the third quarter. I was raving about Geiger all game and in the fourth quarter my dad said he was going to the bathroom, and he returned with a Matt Geiger jersey for me.
It’s actually a lot sweeter now I remember it.
Mike Prada - I own this Omri Casspi Israeli national team jersey, which I purchased nearly a decade ago during my last trip to Israel. The actual year’s kinda fuzzy, sort of like Casspi’s early career bouncing around the NBA.
As a proud Jewish sportswriter (former regional Israeli Affairs United Synagogue Youth vice president, represent), I had to have this jersey, even if I knew it was a cheap knock-off from some tourist trap vendor in Tel Aviv. You know that moment when you feel like you need some object to help you remember not just a single overseas trip, but a part of your heritage? That was me when I saw this uniform in the window.
I’ve worn it a grand total of two times in the years since. Those street vendors sure are good at exploiting our emotions. Jerks.
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