Okay, so, I was messing around online the other day, and I came across this thing about the NBA logo having three paths. I had no clue what that meant. So I’m digging into it, right?
Turns out, there’s this crossword puzzle, the LA Times one, and it had this clue: “NBA logo 3 paths.” People were all over the internet trying to figure it out. I even found some websites saying they had like 30 possible answers! Can you believe that?
I looked at a bunch of these crossword solver sites. Most of them were kind of a pain to use, but they all seemed to point to one answer: ARCS. Apparently, these “paths” are supposed to be arcs, like the shape of a basketball shot or something.
- I read that it could be about how a basketball moves in the air.
- Some people thought it had to do with how players move on the court.
- Others even mentioned the lines on a basketball court as a possible “path.”
I started looking into the NBA logo itself. I mean, everyone knows what it looks like, right? The silhouette of a player dribbling a ball. But I never really thought about what those lines around him could mean. Someone online said it represents Jerry West dribbling a basketball, which I thought was pretty cool.
Digging Deeper into the Logo
Then I got curious about the NBA itself. I found out it was founded way back in 1946. It started because this guy, Walter Brown, who owned the Boston Garden, figured they could use hockey arenas for basketball games when the ice was melted. Smart thinking, huh?
The league has 30 teams now, and their headquarters is in New York City. I even saw that a design firm called STUDIOS helped them make their headquarters look all fancy and modern. They wanted a place that shows off what the NBA is all about.
Anyways, back to the logo. I’m still not 100% sure what those “3 paths” really mean, but it’s kind of fun to think about. Maybe it’s just one of those things that has a bunch of different meanings, depending on how you look at it. It’s like a little mystery hidden in plain sight. I guess that’s why it makes for such a good crossword clue.
Oh, and get this. There’s apparently some super rare basketball card that has three different versions of the NBA logo on it. I saw that a company called Backyard Breaks found one of these cards not too long ago. They said it was a big deal, and the card was part of some special event they were doing. So, yeah, even the logo itself can be a big deal in the world of collecting. Wild, right?
