What happened to the Adam Silver who made great decisions…?
Fans weren’t pleased with the NBA during Game 1 of the 2025 Finals due to the league not featuring a logo of the legendary Larry O’Brien Trophy on the court.
The anger from fans sparked up when Game 1 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers was going on when fans started to criticize the league for taking away the signature O’Brien logo from them. (RELATED: REPORT: Jury Awards Woman $500,000 After Ruling Hakeem Olajuwon’s Son Traumatized Her In Road Rage Incident)
The NBA ended up responding, bringing back the O’Brien for the second game of the series, but how they did it still has fans complaining. And rightfully so.
Rather than slapping one big physical Larry O’Brien graphic on the court, the NBA decided to put not just one, but two digital O’Briens on the court for Game 2.
And man, did they look tacky. And fans let the league know about it.
got bullied into putting digital larry o’briens out there. pic.twitter.com/4M0mqKDwa0
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) June 9, 2025
Can you blame the fans?
I mean, seriously, look at these iconic designs:
I miss the days where the NBA Finals decal was actually on the court surface. Now it’s nothing but CGI and TV graphics. 😩 pic.twitter.com/XCtE54XW7H
— вяуαηт (@bryant_gotgame) June 2, 2023
So you can’t blame the people for their frustration.
How the fake Larry O’Brien trophies look on the court pic.twitter.com/Z186C6LUzS
— Rob Lopez (@r0bato) June 9, 2025
espn using ai to put the Larry O’Brian on the court because the nba won’t do it 😭 pic.twitter.com/cUBmdUbMds
— BullsMuse (@BullsMuse_) June 9, 2025
Just bring back the Larry O’Brien, NBA. What’s the big deal?
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
