After talking about breaking out my Barkley Phoenix jersey to celebrate the Suns appearance in the Western Conference finals, my friend Mark tried to tell me that this was not cool. He asserted that the player had to be from the current team roster in order to properly display fandom. I started thinking about this, for example, wearing a Shawn Kemp jersey to support the Thunder or rocking the all-to-common Jordan jersey to cheer for the Bulls, and I decided there are some cases where all is good in jersey-world. There are however, some instances of jerseys that should be discarded immediately, if not burned (or kept around for irony's sake) Here are a few examples:
1. Vince Carter: Toronto Raptors
Possibly one of, if not the worst, instance of a player totally screwing over his own team; he literally just decided not to play. This decreased his trade value, since other teams in the league knew he wanted to leave and his stats were well below what they would have been had he been playing with at least a little effort. His name just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
2. Gilbert Arenas: Washington Bullets
This one needs no explanation whatsoever.
