USA Basketball Team Photo: Artistic Or Logo "Conspiracy"?

• tziller

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  Great catch ... but this couldn't possibly be surprising, could it?

  Posted 7/3/2008 [reply] [flag]

• ethanator1088

  +3

  That is funny stuff. Great find Cuz!

  Posted 7/3/2008 [reply] [flag]

• AEM

  +5

  Nike Smikey I say. If they do not win it all this year they are going to need good hiking boots, since it's a long walk from Bejing back to the US.

  AEM

  Posted 7/3/2008 [reply] [flag]

• TheHype

  +7

  If you look closely, a la those 3-D puzzles, William Wesley's face appears out of the back curtains!!

  Posted 7/3/2008 [reply] [flag]

  • tziller

    +6

    "Ha ha ha ha. You dumb bastard. It's not a schooner... it's a Sailboat."

    Posted 7/3/2008 [reply] [flag]

    • Ben Q. Rock

      +4

      Fly, fatass, fly.

      Posted 7/4/2008 [reply] [flag]

• ethanator1088

  +3

  The excuse that this was just "artistic" is idiotic.

  I always cover all Reebok and Adidas symbols in my art.

  Posted 7/3/2008 [reply] [flag]

• JaketheSnake

  +5

  It's nice to know that having one small, creepy old guy sitting down in the company of 12 strong, tall, athletic men passes for artistry nowadays.

  Also, how many times do you think they had to take that photo before they could get one of Deron and Chris Paul not pranking each other? 

  Posted 7/3/2008 [reply] [flag]

• chone

  +2

  All I know is I wouldn't want to be that close to Kobe with my back turned if I were Melo...

  Posted 7/4/2008 [reply] [flag]

• brandini

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  I have to strongly disagree. Why is it that the swoosh on Howards chest is the only one that is predominantly showing.

  Furthermore, is the author SERIOUSLY trying to tell us that THIS is the photo that Team USA plans to use? With Coach K slouching? Chris Paul half missing? Bron Bron falling over?

  COME ON! This is more likely to be a race issue then anything! 

  Posted 7/4/2008 [reply] [flag]

• chowell18

  +2

  This photo is total "product positioning" by Nike.  There is no natural reason for Dwight Howard to be out of height positioning and for his shoes to be covered by Coach K's leg/feet.

  What surprises me also, is how many of the players are sponsored by Nike - is that a coincidence or did they have some influence on the player selection?

  Posted 7/4/2008 [reply] [flag]

• phanatic74

  +1

  That's great . . . . Never would have caught that !!  It is like the picture compare in People magazine were you try and find 6 different things with the 2 pictures . . . .

  Posted 7/4/2008 [reply] [flag]

  • The Zoner

    +2

    You read People magazine? LOL

    Posted 7/5/2008 [reply] [flag]

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