NBA The sixers coach was clear with Kyrie Irving’s proposal
L.until conversation for Paying tribute to Kobe Bryant is still in the NBA. A few days ago Kyrie Irving is said to have taken the first step to drive change of the league logo through the image of the star of the Lakers instead of Jerry West.
What the Nets player mentioned it, the proposal may or may not be well received by the players and coaches, something that was immediately demonstrated. Sixers coach Doc Rivers said he would agree to the I change as long as it was Michael Jordan and not Kobe.
“If you want to change the logo, Michael to me it would be that logo. Through the story you usually change things and discover something that doesn’t fit. But Jerry deserves to be in the logo and I have no problem with him staying that, ”he said in an interview for the media.
Rivers said that while there are legends worthy of recognition, you’d rather keep the image as it is.
“What are we going to do, change the logo every 10 or 20 years? I love our logo and I think we should probably stick to it, although we are probably a minority who have that thought, ”he said.
Although the proposal is, The NBA said a year ago that the logo change would be quite complicated due to the marketing issues and contracts containing the current image.