The bland 2025 NBA Finals court sparked passionate fan outrage

The bland 2025 NBA Finals court sparked passionate fan outrage

Well, NBA fans have delivered their review of ABC's 2025 NBA Finals court presentation: they hate it.

Rather than spiffing up the court to prominently display the NBA Finals with a Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy and more official logos to signify the moment, fans were deeply disturbed at how painfully minimal the whole ordeal really was.

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There was no special NBA Finals logo on the court, no patches on the uniform, no regalia on the stanchions, nothing. It's like it was just a normal NBA game you'd half-watch on a Thursday night while eating pizza.

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The lack of NBA Finals prominence on the court during the actual NBA Finals deeply confused the fans watching at home. I mean, you look at it. Can you blame the outrage? The regal presentation of years past just isn't there in the slightest. It's a little pathetic if you ask us. There is just nothing to it.

As the kids say, this NBA Finals court had no rizz, no aura. The league has to do better about this in the future.

Like, seriously, what are we even doing here? The old logos had real character, real gravitas for the moment. This is just half-hearted court planning by the NBA.

In the future, we hope the league honors the past and puts a little elbow grease into designing what the NBA Finals aesthetics will look like. This isn't just good enough.

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