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Nuggets jerseys get a golden touch

By June 28, 2023 | updated 3 years ago

Gold tab added to Nuggets jersey for 2022-23 championship win

A photo of the championship tab on a Denver Nuggets jersey shown in this image the team distributed on social media.



Courtesy of the Denver Nuggets


When the Denver Nuggets captured the 2023-24 NBA title, the first tangible items marking it was the usual flurry of ball caps — with “Championship” misspelled or not —and t-shirts passed around as the game ended, followed by the appearance of the Larry O’Brien trophy. Before the start of the 2023-24 season, tradition holds that championship rings are presented.

Stitched into that stream of highly visible symbols of their title is a new gold tag on the back of the team’s jerseys. A patch with the numeral “1” over a silhouette of the O’Brien trophy has been added. NBA teams with a championship win have the patch (which the league added in about a decade ago.)

Nuggets 2023 draft picks with jerseys

Denver Nuggets draft picks Julian Strawther, left, Jalen Pickett, middle, and Hunter Tyson, in a photo from the NBA, hold up their jerseys that show a small gold tab on the collar indicating the Nuggets NBA title win in 2023.



Courtesy of The Denver Nuggets/NBA


The team posted an image this week showing the details of the patch that signifies how many championships a franchise has won. The jerseys held by Nuggets 2023 draft picks — Julian Strawther, Jalen Pickett, and Hunter Tyson — also shows the new golden tab.

Other U.S. pro leagues feature one-off references to their appearances in championships, but none have a cumulative counter like the NBA.

Brazil men's national soccer team at the 2022 World Cup

Wearing a jersey with five stars over the team patch, Brazil’s Neymar in action during a World Cup game in 2022. The stars represent a World Cup championship won by the national team. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)



Themba Hadebe/Associated Press


National soccer teams that have won a World Cup display a star on their kit. Brazil leads with five stars for their five titles. (Nike added a gold tab in 2019 to NCAA teams sponsored by the shoe maker who’ve won a championship and a silver tab signifying a Final Four appearance — but the patches appear only if the titles were won while wearing all Nike apparel.)

The Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers jerseys show they’ve won 17 titles — which leads the NBA for most championships. Chicago Bulls and Golden State Warriors franchise each have a tab with a “6” and the San Antonio Spurs with a “5.”

The patch appears to be a players-only feature as replicas of team jerseys in the NBA “Team Shop” jersey page for the Nuggets — or other teams — do not show the tab on jerseys for sale.

Joe Mahoney

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