The annual Forecastle Music Festival carries a lot of fashion statements, but my personal favorite is the basketball jerseys respect paid to former and current greats. I always wondered, though is it a look, comfort or real fandom? He are a few of my favorites from 2017.
Sam Wise
with a Tim Duncan Wake Forest jersey
“I just respect it, the whole thing with Tim Duncan, the backboard game. Plus it looks cool.” Wise said. “Plus, I wanted something different, old-school. The retro style.”
Simon Rice
with the Vince Carter Toronto Raptors jersey
“He’s been one of my favorite players, growing up, and I think it’s cool he’s still in the league, even though how old he is.” He’s had it for two years. Wise got the Toronto jersey because, “He was the best with the Raptors.”
Will “Don’t worry about [my last name]”
with the Orlando Magic Shaquille O’Neal jersey
“I just like Shaq. He’s a big man, he dominated in the paint.” Why the Magic version of Shaq? “It just has the cool stripes on it.”
Tristan Gross and Grayson Hall
Tristan Gross in the Seattle Supersonics jersey
Grayson Hall in the Iverson Denver Nuggets jersey
Gross: “It’s his.”
Hall: “Both jerseys are mine. For parties, something to wear.”
Gross: “He doesn’t appreciate the history behind it.”
Hall: “I honestly just thought these look cool.”
Ryan Skeeters
with the Clyde Drexler Dream Team jersey
“I asked my friend if I could borrow a jersey, so he dropped it off. I wore it today because I though the USA jersey was pretty cool.” Has he seen Drexler play before? “Past basketball games and 30-for-30s it’s pretty cool.”
Chelsea Moody
with the Suns Jason Kidd jersey
“I wanted something that wasn’t going to make me burn up.” Chelsea added that while she watched Kidd play growing up, it was “her brother’s old jersey” and he can’t fit in it anymore.
Richard Vasgo
with the UCLA Lew Alcindor jersey (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)
“I’ve been a big fan of UCLA my whole life. And Kareem, him being the best player of all time, I just had to get it. And at Forecastle, I had to show it off. I mean, you never see Kareem jerseys.”
This article appears in July 12, 2017.