
A white silhouette, leg raised and ball in hand, set against a red and blue background: the real face of the NBA was drawn by Alan Siegel in 1969, and the league has never wanted to confirm which player served as the model! Since then, this anonymous dribbler has watched over thirty franchises, heirs to the merger between two rival leagues that gave birth to the great North American league in 1949. He loomed over the duel between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson in the 1980s, before ending up stitched onto Michael Jordan's number 23 jersey, the winner against the Lakers in the 1991 Finals for the first of six titles delivered to the Chicago Bulls through 1998. He also floats above the Larry O'Brien trophy, a vermeil ball suspended from its hoop by the house of Tiffany, and he accompanied Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and then Stephen Curry. Today, the unknown player with the ball is even making his way into fans' collections, with figures and jerseys to back it up!
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