One of the great things about social media is the way it wastes time can connect average folks with the famous and/or powerful. A case in point arrived recently, when Miami Heat owner Micky Arison took to his Instagram account Thursday to canvas his team’s fans.
Here is what Arison wrote, with intriguing accompanying imagery:
“If u would like to see @Adidas produce these jerseys comment here and I will pass it on to them and the @NBA. #LetsGoHEAT”
Would we like to see “Miami Vice”-style jerseys? Did Crockett have cool stubble?
Certainly, the comments on Arison’s Instagram post were almost universally positive. Some reactions on Twitter were similarly pro-pastel.
As another Twitter user noted, “Miami Vice” uniforms would add a whole other dimension to Phil Collins’s classic intro jock jam, “In the Air Tonight,” which was first used to iconic effect in the 1984 pilot episode of the TV show.
Not only did Arison enlist the help of the Internet, it appears that he — or someone on his staff — got the idea from there. Several days ago, a Reddit user called NeotericPioneer posted this thought:
“So an idea popped into my head the other day that the Miami Heat could have a series of games (or just one) called Vice Nights kind of like Latin Nights which has become a regular tribute among many teams in the NBA for its Hispanic communities. Vice Nights, of course, comes from the popular 80s TV show, Miami Vice. The Heat did something similar to this a few years ago but I thought it would be a fun idea to take a step further and make a jersey, poster, and a few special alternate logos. Enjoy!”
Another Redditor, WelshNBAFan, also created a couple of designs, one of which was used in Arison’s post. The Heat owner picked up the image from a fan account on Instagram, @_heatupdates_.
Sure, we’ve seen pastel-like shades on NBA jerseys before — and to this day, fans of many teams who remember the 90s still shudder at the word “teal” — but this seems like a no-brainer combination of city and pop culture.
Of course, the Heat would surely insist that players wear their warmup jackets with the sleeves rolled up, right?
(H/T The Fumble)
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