NBA

Basketball fans aren’t easy to shop for. Anybody that’s attempted it will know exactly why. They’ve either bought the things they actually want already. Or what they want is licensed merchandise they can find anywhere but that’s cheap and completely forgettable. Or you take a gamble on a jersey and get the wrong team. God forbid you pick the wrong player. At that point you might just as well give up and buy them a toaster. We’ve bought all of the above so you don’t have too. We’ve compiled every gift idea here for the person for whom basketball isn’t just a hobby, it’s their personality. Or at least a huge part of it. The person that watches the late games on a Tuesday and wakes up for work like nothing happened. The person who has NBA draft opinions you never asked for but they’re going to share them anyway. We know that person. In many cases, we ARE that person. Every item we’ve selected had to pass a simple test. Would we, as actual fans, want this or does it just have a team logo on it. Simple enough concept, but trust us it eliminates about ninety percent of available merchandise. We weren’t looking to fill your gift with novelty items that get stuck in a drawer. We wanted stuff that actually gets a reaction. Gifts that fit into the way a real fan lives, watches, argues and obsesses about basketball. Speaking of gifts for every type of fan. We’ve thought about every fanbase when putting this list together. The guy who loves the Lakers and has been through every stage of their rise and fall. The younger fan that knows all the highlights thanks to Instagram and YouTube. The nerd who cares about the analytics just as much as the game itself. Finding gifts that cover all of these fans and more is a challenge. We did it. Some of these ideas cover watching the game, enhancing the experience and feeling like more of an event. Some of these you can wear and won’t feel like you’re wearing a souvenir. Some are even things for the home that you’ll show off to guests and have them ask where you got. If it was easy to find and stock, it didn’t make this list. Each and every one of these we would actually give to somebody we knew and loved who is just as obsessed with this game as we are.

Oklahoma City Thunder

There’s a Thunder fan out there who remembers this team when they went from a seemingly never-ending procession of youngsters with enormous potential to the group that actually has a shot at hoisting the ultimate basketball prize. That fan wants something more than just some orange-and-blue gift-wrap over a product that could’ve been made for any other team. We built this collection with that fan in mind. The diehard who knows exactly how to spell Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who cheers on the developing youngsters with a smile that shows they jumped on board early and have no plans to jump ship.…

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Orlando Magic

Being an Orlando Magic fan asks something of you. You aren’t here for a dynasty. You’re here because you care. Maybe you were around for the good times, maybe you followed our stars from afar. Maybe you fell in love with greatness from afar and know this team has a chance to be great again. Whatever it is, being an Orlando Magic fan means you care about more than just winning basketball. The people in your life who feel that way about sports deserve gifts that understand that, not some random assorted NBA gear but keepsakes that resonate with someone…

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Philadelphia 76ers

We know there’s a Sixers fan in your life. The one who’s been through it all. The rebuilding years. The trust the process years. The almost years. They come to the games anyway. Know every guy on the roster. Takes every loss like it’s their fault. And wears as much Phillies red white and blue as they can. You know their jersey doesn’t need a championship logo to feel justified. Finding a gift for that person can be tough. Problem is most NBA merch is either cheap junk that’ll fall apart after one wash or just boring. Something that could…

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Phoenix Suns

Buying a gift for a Suns fan should be simple. But most people stuff it up. They race to the checkout with whatever cheap thing sports a team logo, whatever implies fan without actually telling you anything about the person sporting it or utilising it. We've seen that exchange far too often and it's why we built this collection. The Suns have one of the coolest teams identities in basketball. The colours. The desert sun beating down during every home game. The fact that this team always has something to prove and more often than not comes to play like…

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Portland Trail Blazers

Sounds simple huh? Buy a gift for your Trail Blazers fan and all of a sudden you’re experts. But trust us, once you start looking every item becomes a slog. Slapping a jersey or an ill-fated logo mug bought from the sports aisle of your nearest big-name retailer is amateur hour. Trust us, they’ll know. You know. Neither of you want that. Hell no – this is for the serious fans. The ones that watched Clyde carve up defenses and salivate over THE LEGEND. The ones that lived through and loved the Jail Blazers era ( weird amount of respect…

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Sacramento Kings

Shopping for a Kings fan is easy when you know what you’re doing. The difficult part is that most people don’t know their Kings – they grab something black and purple that any team could’ve worn ordered hastily from a shelf at the supermarket forecourt by the arena. This is not that. We created this collection for the diehards. For the fans who lived through the struggles; who reminisce about the Webber days like other cities do championships; who truly believe that this group can do it this year. Those fans deserve more than a keychain. They deserve thoughtful gifts…

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San Antonio Spurs

When you’ve been a Spurs fan for a while, a certain type of loyalty comes with that. It’s not bandwagon. It’s not fair weather. It’s the kind of fandom that comes from decades of watching a franchise do things the right way: no pomp and circumstance, no villainy. Championships piled up through execution and trust rather than smoke. History matters to the people who got to watch it unfold. It matters when you’re trying to find them something worth hanging on their wall. We built this because good gifts for NBA fans are hard to find. Most stuff is cheaply…

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Toronto Raptors

It should be easy to find something good for a Raptors fan. There are a lot of gifts out there. The hard part is weeding through tonnes of replica jerseys in different colour ways and ugly mugs that obviously weren’t put together by someone who watches the games. We’ve done the digging so you don’t have to. Hours of browsing junk corners of the internet have gone into this. Only keeping the things that feel special. Gifts that make you feel like the person picking it out actually knows what they’re talking about instead of googling team names into Amazon.…

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Utah Jazz

Buying gifts for a Jazz fan is special. They aren’t the loudest in the merch aisle, they aren’t saturated with licensed crap from every gas station corner display. That’s part of the reason why. Jazz fans know what they want, and they notice when you took the time to find the good stuff instead of what was closest at retail. None of that is lost on them when someone else is trying to get a gift right. As such, we curated this guide for the Jazz fan in your life. They live and die in purple and gold. They probably…

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Washington Wizards

Gift shopping for a Wizards fan shouldn’t be this difficult. Team merch from every sporting goods store feels unthoughtful if you actually know and care about the person you’re buying for. We didn’t want to settle for that. So we curated this collection with the same care we approach everything else on this site. We simply asked ourselves, would we hand this gift over and feel confident in the choice? Fans of the Washington Wizards are special. Supporting a franchise that has made you earn every shred of happiness instills a certain quality of character and the friends in your…

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